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An element is the type of substance it is, for example, oxygen, hydrogen, etc.
An atom is the combined particle consisting of electrons spinning around a nucleus, which is made up of protons and neutrons.
The number of protons in an atom, not element, determines the type of element it is. If the atom looses a proton, then the element changes to a different one.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe number of protons determine the atomic number, which is unique to each element.
It determines what element it actually is.
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The atomic number determines the what?
The number of protons.
How many protons are in the Element 57?
57, the number of protons determines the elements number.
The number of present will determine the atomic number of an element?
The atomic number is determined by the number of protonsin the nucleus of the atom.The atomic number is conventionally written to the lower left of the chemical symbol for the element, e.g. for oxygen and for copper:8O 29Cu
What subatomic particle number determines the identity of an element?
The number of protons, which is the atomic number of an element, determines the identity of an element.
Which part of an element determines its atomic number?
How many protons/ electrons it has
The atomic number determines the what?
The number of protons.
Is the number of neutrons in an atom determines what element it is rue?
No that is not true. The number of PROTONS determines what the element is.
What is determined by the protons in nucleus of an element?
The number of protons in the nucleus determines the identity of the element.
Is the atomic number of an element determined by its number?
Protons. This determines what material the element is.
What is the number of protons in one atom of an element determines the atom?
The number of protons determines the element's atomic number. When combined with the number of neutrons, it determines the element's atomic mass.
Can 2 different elements have the same number of protons?
No, the number of protons is what determines what element it is
How many protons are in the Element 57?
57, the number of protons determines the elements number.
Do protons of an element vary?
All atoms of the same element have the same number of protons. Atoms of different elements have different numbers of protons. The number of protons determines the element.
What determines an attoms atomic number?
The number of protons.
Which characteristicof an atom determines element it is?
The number of protons.
What did you find determines the element?
The number of protons is characteristic.
What determines the element that an atom belongs to?
Its atomic number. In other words the number of positive protons in the nucleus of each atom and the number of negative electrons surrounding the nucleus of each atom.
