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It's an atom because that contains a nucleus with the defining number of protons (plus some neutons) and the defining number of electrons, e.g. 12 protons/electrons makes it carbon.
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What is the smallest particle of an element that retains the property of elements?
The smallest unit of Matter that retains the property of an element is the atom.
What is the smallest particle that matter can be divided into and still have the characteristics of the element?
The atom.
What atom?
The smallest particle of matter that retains the properties of the element of which it is a sample.
What is the smallest particle that makes up all matter solid or liquid or gas?
The smallest part of all matter has been identified to be a "quark."
What is the name of the smallest particle of matter?
A quark is the smallest particle in matter.
What's an atom?
The smallest particle of matter that retains the properties of the element of which it is a sample.
What is the smallest particle of matter still retaining the characteristics of element building block of matter?
An atom is the smallest building block of matter that retains the characteristics of that matter.
What smallest particle of matter still retainning the characteristics of the element building block of matter?
An atom is the smallest building block of matter that retains the characteristics of that matter.
What the smallest particle of matter still retaining the characteristics of the element building block of matter?
An atom is the smallest building block of matter that retains the characteristics of that matter.
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.
What is The smallest particle of matter that still acts like that kind of matter is?
An atom of an element or a molecule of a compound.
Why is the atom not only of the smallest particle of an element but of any matter in this universe?
because matter is not made up of particles so an aton is the smallest thing! :)
