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In the atom what type of particle determines the element that atoms represent?
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∙ 14y ago
proton
you can change the number of neutrons and electrons and still have the same element
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∙ 13y agoThe number of the elementary particles, protons, determines the chemical element.
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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.
The atomic number determines the what?
The number of protons.
Are electrons the smallest particle of an element that retains the original characteristics of the element?
No. This is a definition of an atom. Electrons are only part of atoms.
What are small Particles that make up all substances?
If the substance is an element, the smallest will be an atom. If it is a compound, then that would be a molecule.
What is the term for a particle composed of two or more non metal atoms?
A substance composed of two or more atoms of the same element is just a pure substance/element, a substance composed of different atoms is called a compound
Which subatomic particle determines the activity of the element?
In the chemical reactivity of atoms electrons are involved.
What subatomic particle determines atoms characteristics?
The electron.
What is the basic particle of an element?
atoms
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.
What is the smallest particle of an element that maintains the characteristics of the element?
atoms
What are some atoms?
An atom is the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of the element.
What is the atomicity of an element?
this is the number of atoms in the molecule of an element
In any element all atoms are?
the smallest particle in the element
What is the particle called if the atoms have different element?
molecule
What subatomic particle determines if an element is an isotope or not?
The neutron; the proton determines the element of the atom, but different atoms of the same element can have different atomic masses, due to the different number of neutrons of the atoms. Atoms of same element having same number of protons but different number of neutrons are called Isotopes. Thus, neutron determines the isotope of an atom.
What is matter in which every particle is identical?
These are atoms of an isotope.
What do atoms represent?
to what number the element can count to
