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The part of an atom that is mostly empty is the

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The space inside the atom is just that, empty space, i.e. vacuum. Air molecules are also made up of atoms with a central core of nucleons and electrons spinning around them. They too have empty space between their nucleons and electrons.
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The part of an atom that is mostly empty is the electron cloud.
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