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What is the mass and volume of the nucleus relative to the size of the atom?

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The atom with the smallest mass is the hydrogen atom; its mass is about 10-27 kg. The masses of other atoms go up to about 200 times this. The nucleus of an atom is about 10-15 m in size; this means it is about 10-5 (or 1/100,000) of the size of the whole atom.

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