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You can make a huge number of different paintings from a palette of a small number of different paints.

The electron configurations that surround and control the behaviour of the hundred or so elements control the properties of the compounds that they can form.

or perhaps consider the number of stories that can be composed on a typewriter with 26 keys...

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Is the far few materials are elements than are not elements?

The far fewer materials are elements than are not elements. Elements are pure substances made up of only one type of atom, while most materials are combinations of different elements (compounds) or mixtures of elements and compounds. There are 118 known elements, but an infinite number of possible combinations of those elements.


Is a set whose elements can be counted or has a limited number of elements?

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Do any two elements have the same atomic number?

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In materials science, "low z" refers to elements with low atomic number, such as carbon, silicon, and oxygen. "High z" materials, on the other hand, refer to elements with high atomic number, such as lead, uranium, and gold. Low z materials are typically lighter and more abundant, while high z materials are denser and often have unique properties due to their higher atomic number.


Is it true the number of elements in the sample space of an event is equal to the total number of possible outcomes?

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How Is it possible for the atoms of different elements to have the same mass numbers?

It is possible only because of different number of neutrons.


Roughly how many elements are there?

90 naturally occurring elements, unknown number possible elements.


What is the possible number of reflexive relations on a set of 5 elements?

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It is possible for the atoms of two different elements to have the same number of electrons?

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Are there any materials which aren't made up of elements?

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