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What is the smallest particle of matter that still has the same characteristics as the original matter?
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∙ 12y ago
It depends on the matter. If it is a chemically pure substance that is made up of a single element, it is an atom. If it is an ionic or molecular compound, then the smallest particle that has the same behavior is a molecule.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 7y agoUnclear question.
At the particle physics quantum mechanics level all fundamental particles (e.g. electrons, muons, photons, neutrinos, quarks) of a given type are identical and completely indistinguishable. Even the compound particles (e.g. protons, neutrons, mesons) are difficult to tell apart.
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∙ 12y agoThe atom for elements, the molecule for compounds.
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∙ 11y agoAtom
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What is the name of the smallest particle of matter?
A quark is the smallest particle in matter.
Is a atom a type of matter?
Yes it is, it's the smallest particle of matter
What did demucritus do?
developed the idea that the atom was the smallest particle of matter
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 of matter that can retain chemical properties?
This is the definition of a molecule.
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 is the smallest particle of matter still retaining the characteristics of the elements 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.
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 is the smallest particle that matter can be divided into and still have the characteristics of the element?
The atom.
What is the name of the smallest particle of matter?
A quark is the smallest particle in matter.
What is the smallest unit of matter with unique characteristics?
That would be an atom. Atoms go down to protons, neutrons and electrons, but these do not have unique characteristics. So, the smallest particle with unique characteristics is an atom.
What is smallest particle of matter still retaining the characteristic of the element building block of matter?
The smallest particle of matter still retaining the elemental properties of matter is an atom. Atoms have building blocks, and they are protons, electrons and neutrons. But the atom, because it is made of these elemental building blocks, is the furthest we can break matter down and retain the elemental structure.We can further break down the building blocks of matter, the particles that make up the atom, but the resultant particles are not stable. They spontaneously go through changes and disappear.It is not an atom it is a quark
Which is the smallest particle of matter?
An atom
Identify the smallest particle of matter how were they discovered?
subatomic particle
Which part of Dalton's theory did Thomson's findings dispute?
The atom is the smallest known particle.
What is the smallest particle in matter with unique chemical properties?
This particle is the atom.
