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The silica tetrahedron that forms the backbone of all the silicate minerals is composed of silicon and what other element?
Oxygen. The silica tetrahedron consists of one silicon atom bonded to four oxygen atoms in a tetrahedral arrangement.
Does graphite contain silica?
No. A silicate is a compound containing silicon, oxygen and something else.Graphite is pure carbon. Black and slippery, it is one of the allotropes of carbon, along with amorphous carbon and diamond.
What is the smallest particle of an element that maintains the characteristics of the element?
The smallest particle of an element that maintains the characteristics of the element is an atom. Each element is composed of unique atoms with specific properties determined by its atomic structure.
How many atoms are in the element C8H12?
C8H12 8 Carbon atoms + 12 Hydrogen atoms = 20 atoms total
Is sodium hypochlorite is element or compound?
Sodium hypochlorite is a compound, not an element. It is composed of sodium, chlorine, and oxygen atoms.
The silica tetrahedron that forms the backbone of all the silicate minerals is composed of silicon and what other element?
Oxygen. The silica tetrahedron consists of one silicon atom bonded to four oxygen atoms in a tetrahedral arrangement.
What correct chemical formula silica tetrahedron?
The correct chemical formula for a silica tetrahedron is SiO4, representing one silicon atom bonded to four oxygen atoms in a tetrahedral shape.
Is an element composed of millions of identical atoms?
Yes, an element is composed of millions of identical atoms.
Why is zinc classed as an element?
It is composed of one type of atoms: Zinc atoms. That is, by definition, an element.
Is an element composed of two types of atom?
No an element is composed of 1 type of atom but a compound is composed of 1 or more atoms
Is and atom and an element the samething?
No. Atoms are the building blocks of matter. Each element is composed of the same kind of atoms, according to their number of protons (atomic number). Molecules are composed of two or more atoms (they may be the same element or different elements), and compounds are composed of two or more kinds of atoms.
Is silica covalent or ionic?
Silicon dioxide has a network covalent bonding.
An element is composed of atoms with the same number of?
Neutrons.
Every element is composed of what?
A single type of atoms.
What atoms are in sodium?
Sodium is an element, therefore it is composed solely of sodium atoms.
Is silica a cation or an anion?
Neither. Silica is a covalent compound, not an ion.Silicate is an anion.
An element composed of molecules consisting of two atoms of that element is a?
it is a diatomic molecule
