Chemistry unit 2 ATOMS

What is an element?

A substance made of only one type of atom

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What does an atom contain?

A nucleus, electrons, protons and neutrons.

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What charge does each sub atomic particle have?

Electron has -1, neutron has 0 and a proton has 1+

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What does each element in their particular group all have in common?

They all have the same number of elections on their outermost shell as the group number

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What is the atomic number?

The number of protons = number of electrons

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What is the mass number?

The number of protons plus neutrons

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What are the maximum number of electrons in each shell?

2,8,8

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What is the number of protons equal too?

Neutrons

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What does an atom contain?

A nucleus, electrons, protons and neutrons.

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What is the atomic number?

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