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There is sufficient chemical driving force to cause most elements to react with other elements into contact with which the elements come.
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Why do most metals exist in earth's crust as compounds and not in the form of elements?
Oxygen is a good oxidizer ... and its been a loooong time.
What happens to atoms of most nonmetals when they react with other elements?
They tend to gain electrons when reacting with a metal. Metals generally are short of a full octet by 1 to 4 valence electrons. It is easier to drop 2 electrons than try to gain 6 electrons. The elements in group four can go either way, but the other metals will give up electrons, and non-metals will take them.
How is a native mineral different from most other materials?
A native mineral is composed of atoms of a single element, like gold, copper, and silver. Most minerals are composed of two or more elements.
What elements does not occur as a diatomic molecule?
Many elements do not exist as diatomic molecules. Metals, like iron, copper, silver, lead, etc. Even some nonmetals, helium, argon, sulfur, etc. Only a few do exist as diatomic molecules, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, and maybe astatine.
What particles make up elements and compounds?
Atoms are the most basic form of an element. They cannot be broken down further and still be that element.
Why do atoms of the most of the elements not exist independently?
There is sufficient chemical driving force to cause most elements to react with other elements into contact with which the elements come.
Which is capable of independent existence an atom or molecule?
Atoms of most elements are not able to exist independently. Atoms form molecules or ions aggregate in large numbers to form the matter that we can see. Molecule is capable of independent existence.
Do all elements have atoms and molecules?
All elements have atoms, but most do not form molecules.
What are most elements made of?
atoms
What are atoms that collide frequently and move independently of one another are most likely in a what?
A fluid - liquid or gas.
Does any element have different types of atoms?
Most elements have different types of atoms. These variations on an element's atoms are called isotopes and have different numbers of neutrons and thus different atomic masses. It is also possible to artificially create other isotopes of elements that do not exist "naturally," even for the few elements that normally have only one isotope (e.g. gold, arsenic, cobalt, aluminum, phosphorus).
In which state of matter do most elements exist?
solid
Which elements atoms are most numerous in baking soda?
calcium
What is an atomic element?
An 'atom' is the smallest unit that ANY element can be divided up into. An 'atom' of silver is the smallest piece of silver that there can be, similarly an 'atom' of oxygen is the smallest bit of oxygen that can be. Thus all elements are made of 'atoms'.
Can an atom exist without neutrons?
Yes. Most hydrogen atoms do not contain neutrons. All other atoms do.
Why most elements not found in the free state in nature?
Most elements are sufficiently reactive so it can not exist in elemental form.
3 elements which exist as 2 atom molecules?
Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Sulfur. (Though in the latter case, S2 is not the most common allotrope of Sulfur, the allotrope DOES exist.)
