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What is the name of the smallest unit of matter that retains the properties of an element?
Answer
Atom
An atom is the smallest unit of matter that can exist as part of an element and still retain the chemical properties of that element.
💡 Did you know?
Atoms are mostly empty space—if you removed all the empty space from atoms in your body, you'd be the size of a grain of sand.
Other options people guess
- Molecule
- Electron
- Quark
Topics
- Chemistry
- Physics
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