An atom is the smallest particle of an element that can take part in a chemical reaction.
An atom is made up of energy levels that contain electrons which are negatively charged and the nucleus which contains neutrons and protons that are negatively charge .
Due the positive charge of the nucleus of an atom, an atom always want to attract its electrons and keep them near it however it weakly attracts the other electrons of a nearby atom.
Hihi!
During Rutherford's experiment<span> of shooting particles through a sheet of </span>gold foil <span>he had discovered that some were deflected! This had proved that an </span>atom<span> is actually a small dense nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons!
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-Loliarual</span>
Explanation:
an ion is an atom with a met electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons and an isotope can be in 2 forms of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons but a different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei and hence differ in relative atomic mass but not in chemical properties
4X + 3O₂ = 2X₂O₃
n(X₂O₃)=0.02225 mol
m(X)=4.000 g
x - the molar mass of metal
m(X)/4x=n(X₂O₃)/2
x=m(X)/{2n(X₂O₃)}
x=4.000/{2*0.02225)=89.89 g/mol
X=Y (yttrium)
