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Your question is a little off, because atoms do not contain different elements; any given atom is an element, for example, a hydrogen atom, an oxygen atom, etc. An atom by definition is the smallest possible amount of a specific element. If you would like to know why atoms are a specific element, that is determined by the number of protons in the nucleus.

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