An atom for an ELEMENT and a molecule for a COMPOUND.
The smallest element that still acts like an element is an atom. Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter and retain the properties of a particular element, such as its atomic number and chemical behavior.
That's a difficult question to answer, because elements are made of atoms. An atom is the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element. Some elements, like the noble gases, can exist as single atoms. Other elements, like oxygen, exist as molecules, such as O2, which is composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to one another. Metal elements are composed of many, many atoms joined by metallic bonding.
ATOMS AND ELEMENTSAfter reading this section you will be able to do the following:Define an atom.Define a Basic Element.All matter, such as solids, liquids and gases, is composed of atoms. Any material that is composed of only one type of atom is called a chemical element, a basic element, or just an element. An atom is the smallest particle of any element that still retains the characteristics of that element. A piece of an element that we are able to see or handle is made of many, many atoms and all atoms are the same...they all have the same number of protons. Protons and other subatomic particles will be discussed a little later. The atoms of different elements are different from each other because they have different numbers of protons. The graphic below illustrates this point by showing the atoms of two elements in the containers of oxygen and hydrogen.-----------The atoms in oxygen are identical to each other. The atoms in hydrogen are identical to each other. However, the atoms of oxygen are different from the atoms of hydrogen.Compounds, like water, are formed by combining the atoms of different elements together according to some chemical formula.
Element- A substance that cannot be broken down any further than an atom of its own kind, ( chemical means)ATOMS- The smallest unit of an element that has chemical properties of that element.Both cannot be broken down any further with the exception of an atom being from an element.Each Element has physical and chemical properties that can be used to identify it.Meanwhile, it is rather difficult to identify an atom by just looking at it's physical and chemical properties because it is indeed extremely minuscule.
Mt, or "meitnerium", element number 109, is classified as a metal. However only a few atoms of this super-heavy element have ever been made, so what it looks like is still a mystery. The element is highly unstable, disintegrating almost the moment it's created.
An Atom
The smallest element that still acts like an element is an atom. Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter and retain the properties of a particular element, such as its atomic number and chemical behavior.
An atom of an element or a molecule of a compound.
an atom
The smallest part of a compound that still acts like the compound is a molecule. A molecule is made up of two or more atoms that are chemically bonded together in a specific arrangement. The properties of the compound are determined by the types of atoms present and how they are bonded within the molecule.
an atom
The atom is the smallest particle of an element that retains it's characteristics. Sub-atomic particles such as protons, neutrons and electrons form the atom and it is the amount of each of these sub-atomic particles that make the element that element.
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A: It not an element but rather a components like a resistor or capacitor and/or a combinations of both.
The electrons are less massive than both the protons and neutrons and are therefore the smallest particles of an element, unless you wanted to go to a smaller scale like with quarks and stuff.
An atom is the smallest part of an element that still has all of its properties, while a molecule is a group of atoms bonded together. An atom is the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element. A molecule is composed of two or more atoms covalently bonded. The atoms can be the same element, like hydrogen gas, H2, or the atoms can be different elements, like carbon dioxide, CO2, which is not only a molecule, but is also a compound because it contains at least two different elements.
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