The significance or difference 'in the terms: Elements and Atoms'.
Asked by Jyothirmayi | 2nd Apr, 2010, 08:43: PM
Let me explian it using an example.
Consider hydrogen atom.
It is one atom of H having one proton, one elctron and zero neutrons.
Now this hydrogen atom is unstable and has to form a molecule to become stable.So, it forms hydrogen molecule.
An atom is building blocks of all matter.
An element as a basic form of matter that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical reactions. It contains either atoms of same type or molecules which have atoms of same type.
Answered by | 3rd Apr, 2010, 09:43: AM
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