Cannot answer your question in a meaningful way as there is no comparison. An element is composed of atoms that are all of the same element. While one atom of an element is that element, it does not have the bulk properties we associate with the element in everyday life, due to quantum effects. Your question could be analogous to "Which is smaller a golf ball or a pile of one or more golf balls?" But I can't account for the quantum effects in this analogy. Also atoms of different elements are different sizes: an atom of the element hydrogen is much smaller than an atom of the element gold. However one mole of atoms of the element hydrogen at standard temperature & pressure is much larger than one mole of atoms of the element gold at standard temperature & pressure, because hydrogen is a gas and gold is a solid.
Atoms are the smallest unit of an element that retains the chemical properties of that element. They are comprised of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and any smaller subatomic particles would not maintain the characteristics unique to that element.
The Universe was never smaller than an atom.
A proton is smaller than a molecule, which is a group of atoms bonded together. The nucleus is smaller than both a molecule and an atom, as it is the central part of an atom where most of its mass is concentrated.
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The atom of an element is smaller than a molecule.
Cation is always smaller than corresponding neutral atom.
If an ion of an element is smaller than an atom of the same element, it suggests that the ion has lost electrons compared to the neutral atom. When electrons are lost, the outer electron shell contracts, making the ion smaller. This typically occurs when an element forms a positive ion by losing one or more electrons.
There are sub-atomic particles such as protons and electrons, which are part of the atom.
Its atom size is bigger than Chlorine but smaller than Iodine
An atom is smaller than an element. An atom is the smallest unit of matter that retains the properties of an element, composed of a nucleus of protons and neutrons surrounded by electrons. An element, on the other hand, is a pure substance made of only one type of atom.
Cannot answer your question in a meaningful way as there is no comparison. An element is composed of atoms that are all of the same element. While one atom of an element is that element, it does not have the bulk properties we associate with the element in everyday life, due to quantum effects. Your question could be analogous to "Which is smaller a golf ball or a pile of one or more golf balls?" But I can't account for the quantum effects in this analogy. Also atoms of different elements are different sizes: an atom of the element hydrogen is much smaller than an atom of the element gold. However one mole of atoms of the element hydrogen at standard temperature & pressure is much larger than one mole of atoms of the element gold at standard temperature & pressure, because hydrogen is a gas and gold is a solid.
An atom of an element is usually smaller than a molecule of a compound. Molecules are made by bonding 2 or more atoms, of one or more elements. The molecule is the smallest particle of a compound.
Atoms are the smallest unit of an element that retains the chemical properties of that element. They are comprised of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and any smaller subatomic particles would not maintain the characteristics unique to that element.
The Universe was never smaller than an atom.
No. The smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element is an atom.
it can get smaller than an atom