What are the particles in matter called?

Answer 1

There are several different building blocks of matter that could be considered 'particles'.

Atoms: The most basic unit of matter. Every single thing in the world is comprised of trillions of these things, which retain the properties of their respective elements.

Ions: These are atoms that have either gained or lost electrons and have become positively or negatively charged as a result. They retain some properties of their parent atoms, but are also very unique in certain behaviors.

Molecules: Molecules form when several atoms of the same or different elements join by covalent bonding. They may be polar (slightly charged at one end) or non-polar, and their chemical behavior is completely different from that of the elements that comprise it.

Formula-Units: Similar to a molecule, but are different in the fact that they are not made up of covalently bonded atoms, but rather bonded ions. They also have much different properties than the ions that make them up.

Acids: Any of various elements bonded to either just hydrogen, or hydrogen and an oxyanion. Once again, very different properties from the parent elements.

Answer 2

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