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An ATOM!!!!
An atom can be sub-divided in to protons, neutrons, and electrons.
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∙ 12y agoThe smallest particle/piece of an element is called an atom. The atom has smaller parts but when broken down into these, it is no longer an element.
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∙ 11y agoThe smallest piece of a chemical element is called an atom.
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∙ 8y agoThe atom
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Is an atom a piece of an element?
atom - smallest piece of an element that keeps its chemical properties; compound - substance that can be broken into elements by chemical reactions
What name do you give the tiniest piece of element?
the smallest piece of an element is called an atom
Smallest piece of matter?
The smallest part of any chemical element that can exist is an atom of that element. The smallest part of a chemical compound that can exist is a molecule of that compound.
Do chemical reactions cause changes in atoms?
An atom is the smallest piece of an elemental chemical, a molecule is the smallest piece of a compound chemical (composed of several elements). However due to quantum effects, neither an atom nor a molecule has the properties that we associate with that specific chemical. You need a minimum of several hundred or thousand atoms or molecules in most cases for the "bulk" chemical properties to begin to appear.
What is the smallest piece of the element that still retained the element?
an atom
What kind of element an atom is?
An atom is the smallest piece of an element that can be identified as that element.
What did democritus call the smallest piece of chalk after breaking it over?
He was using this to compare it to the smallest part of an element ... an atom which he called "atomos" from the Greek origin
The smallest units that oxygen and hydrogen can be divided into are?
An atom is the smallest piece of that element that you can divide it into without changing the element.
What name do we give to the tiniest piece of element?
The smallest particle of an element that still has all the properties of an element is an atom of that element.
What is the difference between a atom and molecules?
An atom is the smallest piece of an element that can exist as that element. A molecule is a joining of two or more atoms in a chemical bond. There can be two of the same type of atoms in a molucule, as in a molecule of oxygen, 02.
What is the relationship between atom and element?
They use a force called bonding where they either gain or lose an electron.
Is argon an atom?
Yes. Because argon is an element the smallest "piece" of it is referred to as an atom.
