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A substance which contains only one type of atoms is an element.

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The atomic number equals the?

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What does the atomic number equal of an element?

The atomic number of an element equals the number of protons in the element.


What equals the number of protons in an atom?

Scientists have designated electrons as having a negative charge and protons as having a positive charge. One positive proton can hold one negative electron in orbit. Thus, an atom with one proton in its nucleus normally will have one electron in orbit (and be labeled a hydrogen atom); an atom with ninety-four protons in its nucleus will normally have ninety-four electrons orbiting it (and be labeled a plutonium atom).


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 equals the amount of protons in an atom?

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What distinguishes the atom of one element from the atom another element?

the number of protons


What is the smallest amount of an element?

The smallest part of an element that has the properties of that element is the atom.


What is the difference about an element and a compound?

Element's have only one atom, while compund's have more that one atom.


What does it mean if an atom has no subscript in a chemical formula?

There is one atom of that element in the molecule.


What is the smallest amount in an element?

The smallest quantity of an element is an atom.


If a substance is composed entirely of one type of atom it is known as a?

An Element is the substance consisting of only one type of atom


The number of electrons in an atom of an element is the same as the element's?

The number of electrons in an atom of an element is the same as the element's atomic number. The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, which also equals the number of electrons in a neutral atom.