Is this statement correct? "If everything is made of atoms and all atoms take up space and have volume then everything is mass." i.e. "Got atom got mass" Is this beautiful or what? Your comments please.

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Is this statement correct? "If everything is made of atoms and all atoms take up space and have volume then everything is mass." i.e. "Got atom got mass"   Is this beautiful or what? Your comments please.

aravindg · Answer

Atom has got mass. But don't you think when you speak of everything, you should think about vacuum?

michele_laino · Answer

an atom is composed by matter, energy and empty space. Please keep in mind that we have empty space, between the nucleus and the peripheral electrons. Furthermore, in general, we have the subsequent ratio:
$$\huge \frac{{{\text{Atomic  Volume}}}}{{{\text{Nuclear  Volume}}}} \cong {10^5}$$

michele_laino · Answer

with the term "peripheral" I meant all the electrons of an atom

anonymous · Answer

Understood. By the way, what would be your definition of 'empty space' as stated in your first sentence?

michele_laino · Answer

with "empty space" I mean a space wherein there are no matter, no currents, no electrical charges

anonymous · Answer

Can I infer from your answer that this location may in fact be the only place where no matter exists?

anonymous · Answer

Now that they have discovered neutrinos have tiny amounts of mass I would like to suggest to you there is no empty space.

michele_laino · Answer

at the moment the answer is yes. We can consider the macroscopic matter as a sequence of matter and empty spaces
furthermore, the tiny amount of mass of neutrino doesn't implies that there is no empty space

anonymous · Answer

Thank you very much for your insight an prowess in this matter (no pun intended lol).  Life is good again!