What is the approximate radius of an atom?
About 1×10−101\times10^{-10}1×10−10 m, or 0.10.10.1 nm.
Relative mass compares particles on a scale where a proton and neutron each have mass 1.
The nucleus radius is approximately 1×10−141\times10^{-14}1×10−14 m.
The nucleus is at the centre of the atom.
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