all of the 117 known elements (as of 2008) are in the "Periodic Table" of elements. If the name (or Latin abbreviation) of the substance is listed there, it is an element. Plato is one of the people credited with examining whether things could be reduced to the smallest particles that retained its properties (it took me many years to figure that one out). A table with the common names (instead of the Latin abbreviations) is in one of the links below.
That is an element.
What type of substance is always made up of a single type of atom?
substance because you can write it as a formula
An element is a substance made up of only one kind of atom and cannot be broken down by chemical reactions.
A pure substance.
An element - substance - NOT a mixture.
Yes, an element is a pure substance. An element is composed of only one type of atom. There are no other substances in it. So an element is a pure substance.
a mixture
When all atoms in a substance are alike, the substance is an element. Each element is composed of atoms that have the same number of protons in their nucleus.
its a element
The formula of a substance provides information about the types and numbers of atoms present in that substance. It gives the chemical composition of the compound, allowing us to understand its properties and behavior. The formula is critical for identifying and categorizing different substances in chemistry.
Yes. Gold is both a pure substance and an element.
That is an element.
A substance in which all atoms are identical is called an element.
an element.
What type of substance is always made up of a single type of atom?
subtrate