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What makes atoms of one element different from atoms of all elements?
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∙ 14y ago
The only thing that makes an atom is the number of protons it has. e.g Hydrogen always has 1 proton, Lithium has 3 protons. This is represented as the relative atomic number. Don't get confused with neutrons though. All elements can have different numbers of neutrons and these are called isotopes. But no matter what if you've got 3 protons you are always Lithium.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe atom of each element is unique because no two atoms of different elements have the same number of protons. The number of protons is the crucial key for determining an element's identity, and since each element has a different number of protons that makes them unique.
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∙ 14y agoAtoms are identified by their number of protons, which are unique to each element.
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Are all sample of elements are composed of atoms with same atomic mass?
All atoms in a pure sample of one element have the same mass. The atoms in a different element have a different mass. Different atoms is what makes different elements.
How are atoms and elements relate?
How are elements and atoms related? An element is a substance that contains only a single type of atom. The number of atoms is not important as long as all the atoms are of the same type. You cannot separate an element into other substances..... there are as many elements as atoms - more them 100.
How are atoms and elements differ from one another?
An element is a composition of many atoms. Thus you can hold NaCl (salt) in your hand. You can't hold the atoms it makes up.
How are elements and related?
they both use hydrogen and oxygen. atoms make elements They both refer to the same thing. An atom is the smallest entity that makes up an element.
What are the elements that make up?
Hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine and carbon are included in these molecules.
Are all sample of elements are composed of atoms with same atomic mass?
All atoms in a pure sample of one element have the same mass. The atoms in a different element have a different mass. Different atoms is what makes different elements.
How are atoms and elements different?
atom and elements are different because one atom makes an element and a element is a pure substance and a atom is a basic particle
What makes atoms of different elements different from one another.?
The number of protons in the nuclei of their atoms. This is the atomic number of an element and each element has its own unique atomic number.
What makes element different from one another?
The atoms of each element have a number of protons that is unique to each element. The number of protons makes one atom different from another.
What subatomic particles can differ between neutral atoms of the same element?
The subatomic particle that makes atoms of different elements different from each other is the proton. This is given as the atomic number of the element on the periodic table.
What makes the element named iron Fe different from the element named nickel Ni?
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How are atoms connected to an element?
Well the connection between atoms and elements is they are a compound... Usually compounds have quite different properties (e.g. colour, texture, taste, smell and density) from the elements whose atoms they contain... For example: the compound of water is a liquid at room temperature. Water contains atoms of the elements hydrogen and oxygen, which exist in air as colourless glass - quite different to water...
What are elements and what make them different from one another?
Elements are pure substances that cannot be broken down by chemical means. The atoms of each element have a number of protons that is unique to each element. The number of protons makes one atom different from another.
What element makes stable bonds to itself and to atoms of other elements?
Apart from the inert gases which are monoatomic all of the other elements bond to themselves and to atoms of other elements.
What is the relationship between atoms and an elements?
An element is made by atoms. smallest part of element is atom.
How are atoms and elements relate?
How are elements and atoms related? An element is a substance that contains only a single type of atom. The number of atoms is not important as long as all the atoms are of the same type. You cannot separate an element into other substances..... there are as many elements as atoms - more them 100.
What element makes a compound?
two or more different elements
