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of fifty six atoms. Certain elements are diatomic elements because they do not naturally occur as double atoms, but as a pair of atoms. The diatomic
the atom. The number of protons within an atom determines the names of the elements. Such that all atoms with 1 proton are called hydrogen, atoms with
Atoms are ([#References|references]) elementary bricks of matter. \index{atom} Atoms themselves are compound by a set of electrons in interaction with
The atom was, until comparatively recently, thought to be the fundamental building block of matter, and for the purposes of this textbook, we will treat
nucleus of an atom. This number determines the element type of the atom. For instance, all neon atoms have exactly ten protons. If an atom has ten protons