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Its atomic number. In other words the number of positive protons in the nucleus of each atom and the number of negative electrons surrounding the nucleus of each atom.
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∙ 14y agoThe element is determined by the Atomic Mass of an atom, more specifically, the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
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∙ 12y agoThe number of protons in the nucleus of the atom.
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∙ 12y agoThe number of protons in the atomic nucleus, the atomic number, determines what element it is.
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∙ 12y agoThe number of protons determines the atom.
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∙ 8y agoThe element is defined by the number of protons. That is the same as the atomic number.
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∙ 8y agoSpecific for the atom of a chemical element is the number of protons.
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A neutral atom has a mass number of 32 In what group does this element belong?
A neutral atom that is not an isotope with an atomic mass of 32 is sulfur. Sulfur belongs to group XVI.
From it's atomic number of 15 it is possible to predict that the phosphorus atom has?
15 protons. Atomic number determines the number of protons which the element has
Is it true that the element's mass number determines how the compound will form?
No. The element's atomic number determines how it forms compounds.
What is the smallest piece of an element that still retains the properties of the element?
The atom. Anything smaller is an atomic particle from which all elements are made.
What is used to identify an atom?
Atoms are normally identified according to the element of which that atom is an example. And that, in turn, is determined by the number of protons in the atom's nucleus. So, any atom that has just one proton is a hydrogen atom. If it has two protons it is a helium atom. And so forth.
What does the number of protons in a nucleaus determine of an atom?
The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom determines the atomic number of the element to which the atom belongs.
Which subatomic particle identifies an atom as that of particular element?
The number of protons defines the element.
What is the number of protons in one atom of an element determines the atom?
The number of protons determines the element's atomic number. When combined with the number of neutrons, it determines the element's atomic mass.
Is the number of neutrons in an atom determines what element it is rue?
No that is not true. The number of PROTONS determines what the element is.
What about an atom of an element determines behavior?
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The number of protons in an atom of an element determines the atom's what?
Mass Number
Which characteristicof an atom determines element it is?
The number of protons.
The period of an element can be determined by what?
The total number of electron shells in an atom has determines its period grouping.
What is it that determines the atomic number of the element?
The number of protons in each nucleus of an atom of the element.
What is an atom called if it loses a proton?
the number of protons in an atom is what determines which element the atom is. So if an atom "lost" a proton, it would become another element entirely.
What do the protons of the nucleus of an atom determine?
Number of protons or the atomic number of an atom determines what is the element.
What number is the number that determines what element the atoms is?
The number of protons in each nucleus of an atom of the element.
