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You are mixing up your terminology. An element is made up of atoms, which can also be called molecules. However atoms usually refers to the discrete particles that make up an element (i.e. a Hydrogen atom has 1 proton and 1 electron) and molecule refers to the structural units that may make up a particular substance (i.e. a glucose molecule has 6 carbon, 12 hydogen and 6 oxygen atoms).

The smallest atom would be the hydrogen atom, with 1 proton and 1 electron. BTW protons and electrons are subatomic particles, not generally refered to as atoms or molecules.

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