answersLogoWhite

0

Hydrogen has the smallest atoms of any element, as it has only 1 electron in 1 electron shell and 1 proton. This is why it's first on the Periodic Table.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Who said all elements are made of atoms?

An atom is the smallest unit of any element.


True or falseAn atom is always considered an element?

True. Atoms are the smallest units of an element therefore making all atoms elements.


What is the the smallest components of elements having all the chemical properties?

An atom. Anything smaller is an atomic particle from which all elements are made.An atom is the smallest particle of an element that has properties of that element.An atom is the smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element.


Is a atom an element?

An atom is an element. Every atom has a certain amount of protons, neutrons and electrons and these are what define which element that atom is.


What elements are made up of monecules?

Elements are made up of atoms, not molecules. Atoms are the smallest unit of an element that retains its properties. When atoms of different elements combine chemically, they form molecules.


What is the difference between elements and atoms?

An atom is the smallest piece of an element. Said another way, and element is made up one and only one kind of atoms.


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 is john Dalton conclusion?

Atoms are made up of the smallest form of matter


What is an atomic element?

An 'atom' is the smallest unit that ANY element can be divided up into. An 'atom' of silver is the smallest piece of silver that there can be, similarly an 'atom' of oxygen is the smallest bit of oxygen that can be. Thus all elements are made of 'atoms'.


Explain the different between an atom and a element?

an element is somehimg which cant be broken into any simpler form........... atom is the smallest particle of as element or a compound.. all the properties of an element are decided on the basis of its atomic structure


Why are the differences between an atom and a molecule?

An atom is the smallest part of an element that still has all of its properties, while a molecule is a group of atoms bonded together. An atom is the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element. A molecule is composed of two or more atoms covalently bonded. The atoms can be the same element, like hydrogen gas, H2, or the atoms can be different elements, like carbon dioxide, CO2, which is not only a molecule, but is also a compound because it contains at least two different elements.


Must the atoms in a molecule be different?

No, the atoms in a molecule do not need to be all different. Molecules can contain multiple atoms of the same element or different elements bonded together. The arrangement and types of atoms in a molecule determine its properties.