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The atomic number or z number or the number of protons is what makes one atom different from another. The atomic number or z number or the number of protons is what makes one atom different from another.
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∙ 11y agoThe number of protons in the nuclei of their atoms. This is the atomic number of an element and each element has its own unique atomic number.
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Why is an iron atom a different element than a sodium atom?
An iron atom is a different element than a sodium atom because it has a different ground state electron configuration. In fact, any atom that differs from any other atom in ground state electron configuration is a different element.
Atoms of the same element can differ in?
An atom is made of 3 key componants, proton, neutron and electron. Different amounts of protons in the atom make it a different element, e.g carbon 12 is an element with 12 protons AND neutrons, so 6 protons and 6 neutrons. So if a proton is added to an atom, it creates a different type of atom....but.....if another Neutron is added, for example, making carbon 12-->carbon 14 by adding 2 neutrons, this makes it an isotope of carbon, as carbon would normally be found as carbon 12. So an isotope is an atom with an unnatural amount of neutrons within it.
What happens when you add or remove protons in an atom?
you cant add proton to an atom...u can only add electron....
Why Plastic is an element?
Plastic is not an element. To be an element, a substance must have all the same type of atom. Once it has this, it can go on the Periodic Table. So, as plastic has many different types of atom in it, it's not an element.
What kind of reaction can change one element into another?
There are only 2 ways that can happen, fission or fusion. Fusion is when two atoms combine to become a larger atom (almost exclusively two hydrogen atoms becoming 1 helium atom). Fission is much more common and is present in all radioactive elements.
What makes one elemtn different from another?
The atoms of each element have a number of protons that is unique to each element. The number of protons makes one atom different from another.
What makes element different from one another?
The atoms of each element have a number of protons that is unique to each element. The number of protons makes one atom different from another.
How Difference atom and element?
atom and elements are different because one atom makes an element and a element is a pure substance and a atom is a basic particle
What is the element in hydrogen?
Hydrogen is an element, there will be atom that makes up an element and not element that will turn into another.
How are atoms and elements different?
atom and elements are different because one atom makes an element and a element is a pure substance and a atom is a basic particle
What makes one element different from another atom based on atomic particles?
One element differs from another element by the number of protons in their atoms. The number of protons in the atom is known as the atomic number. Also one isotope of an element differs from another isotope of the same element by the number of neutrons in their atoms.
What number can be different and allow the atom to still be the same element?
the number of electrons can be different; it makes the element become an ion.
What are elements and what make them different from one another?
Elements are pure substances that cannot be broken down by chemical means. The atoms of each element have a number of protons that is unique to each element. The number of protons makes one atom different from another.
What part of an element atom makes it different from other element?
Its protons. The atom changes depending on how many protons it has. See also atomic number.
What makes oxygen element different from other element?
It is the same for each and every element, it's the number of protons in the nucleus of one atom of the element.
What is amount of protons found in the nucleus of an atom?
Every different element has a different number of protons, that is what differentiates it from another element, so there is no answer to your question until you specify which atom you're talking about.
What is the term for an atom of the same element that has different atomic masses?
Atomsof the same element that have different atomic massesare isotopes of one another.
