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Q: What is the process when atoms change the way they join up?
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Do cells combine to make atoms?

Wrong way around. Atoms join together to create molecules. These molecules then join other molecules to create cells.


Are atoms in a chemical change irregular?

No, the atoms in a chemical change are normal atoms of the element they represent. The atoms in the reactants are exactly the same atoms in the products, just arranged in a different way.


Is a new substance is produced a chemical or a physical change?

That's a chemical change because the structure of the atoms are changing. Chemical features can only be viewed through chemical change, by the way.


How can the flow of electric current be started and stopped?

In order to change an electric current, you must first change the conductor, doing so will change the flow of atoms which will change the electrical discharge.


Can you say that atoms cannot be changed?

Atoms consist of a nucleus and electrons surrounding the nucleus. You can not change the nucleus by ordinary chemical means but you can remove electrons. However, since the electrons are easily replaced the atom is not considered fundamentally changed by removing electrons, but it is changed. There is a way to change a nucleus that's called "neutron activation" . This involves bombarding the nucleus with slow moving neutrons and letting the nucleus adsorb a neutron. This makes the atom a little heavier and can sometimes make the atom radioactive. Neutron activation is not considered a chemical process but it is a way to change the atom. So I would say it is incorrect to say an atom cannot be changed. Atoms can be changed but its not easy.

Related questions

Do cells combine to make atoms?

Wrong way around. Atoms join together to create molecules. These molecules then join other molecules to create cells.


Are atoms in a chemical change irregular?

No, the atoms in a chemical change are normal atoms of the element they represent. The atoms in the reactants are exactly the same atoms in the products, just arranged in a different way.


Are the atoms in the chopped wood changing the way they are linked up?

No, chopping wood does not change the atoms in it.


How did the cotton gin change the cotton-cleaning process?

The process was way much easier and faster.


How has technology changed the way you view atoms?

Well the atoms are never going to change but, as you can see the more scientists study the atom we have the ability to add to our technology.


Can the way the atoms are arranged in a mineral change the color?

Well color is caused by a lot of things, one cause is defects (missing atoms or to many atoms) in the crystal lattice (how the atoms are arranged and connected). Also if an element that is not suppose to be the mineral, makes it way into the crystal it may change the color. So Yes the way the atoms are arranged can change the color. Causes of color is a very complicated question as there are many causes and some are very poorly understood.Answer2 Consider Opal for example, SiO2.nH2O. Has many colours, even without impurities. [perhaps internal interference and refraction in this case?]


What is Isochoric process?

Isochoric process is a process in which change in pressure and temperature takes place in such a way that the volume of the system remains constant.


Process that causes the characteristics of a population to change in a way controlled by humans?

resistance


When a new substance is produced is it a chemical or physical change?

That's a chemical change because the structure of the atoms are changing. Chemical features can only be viewed through chemical change, by the way.


When a new substance is produced is it a physical or a chemical change?

That's a chemical change because the structure of the atoms are changing. Chemical features can only be viewed through chemical change, by the way.


Is a new substance is produced a chemical or a physical change?

That's a chemical change because the structure of the atoms are changing. Chemical features can only be viewed through chemical change, by the way.


What is isochoric?

Isochoric process is a process in which change in pressure and temperature takes place in such a way that the volume of the system remains constant.