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It is for this reason that large nuclei contain proportionally more neutrons than light elements
No. (and there is no such thing as "the standard atom"). All isotopes of a given element contain the same number of protons.
Water is a molecule rather than an atom because it consists of more than one atom. In fact it consists of atoms of two different elements.
Compounds, that's how it's called
All compounds contain more than one element and more than one atom.
Copper is an element. An element consists of one type of atom. If there is more than one type of atom it can be a mixture of elements, or it could be a compound or alloy, but not an element.
Elements contain only one type of atom (atoms with the same number of protons). Compounds contain more than one element, and thus contain atoms with different numbers of protons. Compounds can be converted into elements, but elements are not reducible to anything simpler (besides subatomic particles).
Every element has a specific amount of protons and neutrons in its nuclues. If an atom has more protons and neutrons than another element, it is heavier.
atom.
It is for this reason that large nuclei contain proportionally more neutrons than light elements
By definition, an Element contains only one kind of atom - atoms of that element. If it has more than one kind, it is a compound, not an element.
No. (and there is no such thing as "the standard atom"). All isotopes of a given element contain the same number of protons.
Water is a molecule rather than an atom because it consists of more than one atom. In fact it consists of atoms of two different elements.
ions like sulphate ions,carbonate ions etc...are the ions which contain more than one atom.
more than one atom of different elementsdifferent elements chemically combined.
isotopes