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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.
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∙ 8y agoAn atom is the smallest part of matter nondestructible by chemical procedures; an atom is the representative form for a given element. It is not adequate to say the atom is larger or smaller than an element.
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Why an atom is the tiniest particle of an element that can exist?
The idea is that if you divide it into anything smaller than an atom, it will no longer have the characteristics of that element.
Can elements be separated into smaller parts using chemical means?
No. An Element is an atom. An atom is the smallest particle. Atoms cannot be broken down into smaller things. Ever.
What are the smallest particle of an element?
The smallest particle of an element would be an atom. Any smaller and it would not be an element, but something more basic. Atoms are made of Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons. Protons and Neutrons are made of Quarks, Leptons, and Bosons.
What is the name of the smallest paricle of an element that has the properties of that element?
An atom is the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element. The atom consists of a certain amount of electrons, protons and usually neutrons. The amount of each of these sub-atomic particles is what makes an element. No Sub-Atomic Particles have any characterisitics of an element. It is the collective arrangement of electrons and protons (and usually neutrons) which gives an element its characteristics. An atom is the smallest particle that has elemental characteristics.
What is smaller cell or atom?
An atom is smaller.
Is a element smaller than an molecule?
The atom of an element is smaller than a molecule.
What is The smallest particle of an element t?
An atom. An atom can be split into smaller pieces, but if you do that, you no longer have the same element.
Would the smaller particles within the carbon atom have the properties carbon?
No. The smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element is an atom.
Why an atom is the tiniest particle of an element that can exist?
The idea is that if you divide it into anything smaller than an atom, it will no longer have the characteristics of that element.
What is an element or an atom smaller?
The smallest part of an element is one atom of that element. However an element does not exhibit its bulk properties until there are on the order of 1000 atoms of that element together.
What is the smallest piece of a chemical element called?
An ATOM!!!! An atom can be sub-divided in to protons, neutrons, and electrons.
What is the smallest unit in an element?
The smallest unit of an element is the atom. There are smaller components of atoms, but they no longer hold the properties of the element that belong to an atom of that element. There are smaller things called quarks but they are not very well understood. Of the neutron, proton and electron, the electron is by far the smallest.
What is the smallest piece of an element that still retains the properties of the element?
The atom. Anything smaller is an atomic particle from which all elements are made.
The smallest unit of matter that retains the properties and characteristics of an element is?
An atom of that element has all the properties of that element.
Is there any element smaller than atom?
There are sub-atomic particles such as protons and electrons, which are part of the atom.
What can be concluded if an ion of an element is smaller than an atom of the same element?
The ion is positively charged because it has fewer electrons than the atom.
Why can't elements be separated into smaller parts using chemicals means?
Two reasons: # Smaller than a single atom of an element, it ceases to be an element. # The energies available to chemical means is a million times too small to break apart an atom of an element (the nucleus) to "smaller parts".
