How to see electrons/nucleus etc?

Question

How to see electrons/nucleus etc?

Answer 1

squint your eyes and look very very hard

Answer 2

X-ray diffraction produces images of atoms based on the electron clouds in the atoms. I think neutron diffraction does the same but the neutrons are diffracted by the nuclei of the atoms.

You can't see either with a normal microscope, they are way too small.

We know protons/electrons exist thanks to the work of Ernest Rutherford and J J Thompson (among others).

Their experiments didn't allow anyone to see these particles directly, it allowed them to be observed indirectly by their effects.

Hope that helped.

Answer 3

you can stain the cell and be able to see the nucleus with a microscope but the electrons you can not see they are moving way to fast and are way to small.

Answer 4

Microscope.  But you won't see any electrons.