Atomic structure, artwork - Stock-Grafiken

Computer artwork of the structure of an atom. An atom consists of one or more electrons (red) which are orbiting in a shell about the tiny, central nucleus within the. The nucleus consists of protons (orange) and neutrons (green). The number of electrically positive protons balance the number of electrically negative electrons to make the atom neutral overall. Each proton and neutron consists of 3 quarks, bound together by the strong nuclear force