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Interpretation: Four different chemical meaning for the word element and an example of each need to be determined.
Concept Introduction: Every matter is made of chemicals; the importance of chemistry is that it's the study of everything. Chemistry is all about how something interacts to affect the structure, composition, as well as knowing properties of substances.
Answer to Problem 1RQ
Four different chemical meaning for the word element: substance, Microscopic, Macroscopic, Generic.
Explanation of Solution
A substance which is made from one type of atom, called element.Chemical elements may be considered as a basic chemical structure blocks of matter. Four different chemical meaning for the word element and an example of each are mentioned below:
- Chemical meaning for word element: Substance, containing only single type of atom.
- Chemical meaning for word element: Microscopic, an atom of certain element.
- Chemical meaning for word element: Macroscopic, sample of certain element large enough to weigh on balance.
- Chemical meaning for word element: Generic, atoms existing in some form in the body.
An element is described by the figure of protons in the nuclei of its atoms.
Chapter 3 Solutions
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