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atoms of different elements show different chemical and phyisical properties and are dissimilar to atoms of other elements.
what about the electrons and protons of different element? are they too different?

2006-07-22 18:15:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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While they are not physically different (or however you call that at a sub-atomic level), they do differ in their energy levels which causes different atoms to have different chemical and physical properties. See the wikipedia-link for a deeper (and very technical) discussion.

2006-07-22 23:20:10 · answer #1 · answered by Sander O 2 · 0 1

Nope. Particles, like protons and electrons, are all the same, no matter what atom they are in.
The reason the atoms of different elements show different characteristics is that there are more protons and electrons in the atoms of one element than the number in atoms of other elements.
So, electrons and protons are all the same, but atoms are different than other atoms because they are made of differing quantities of protons and electrons.

2006-07-22 18:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

no the electrons and protons of different elements are the same
in fact ,it is due to the different number of +ly charged protons and consequently to balance the charge ,the different number of electrons ie.the -ly charged particles that cause the change in physical and chemical properties.
the changes are produced by the difference in the number of protons and electrons in different elements.there nature remains the same.
actually you are to be informed a lot about the properties.

2006-07-22 20:07:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No they are all indistinguishable. It is their numbers and the way the electrons are distributed about the nucleus that determine the physical and the chemical properties of the elements.

2006-07-22 18:38:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No, they're simply the basic building blocks of atoms. What makes atoms different is the number of neutrons, protrons and electrons.

2006-07-22 18:23:10 · answer #5 · answered by oldmoose2 4 · 0 0

no

thats the whole point

the electrons are the same, the protons are the same, the neutrons are the same

when you put them together in different clumps you get different compounds with different properties that make up the whole cool diversity of the whole cool universe

2006-07-22 18:22:19 · answer #6 · answered by enginerd 6 · 0 0

No they are not. But yes quantity of electron and protons and orbits containing them are different in different elements.

2006-07-22 18:21:07 · answer #7 · answered by Raj 2 · 0 0

no, all electrons, protons, and neutrons are the same regardless of which element they make up, it is their respective numbers that make a difference

2006-07-22 18:19:13 · answer #8 · answered by C_Millionaire 5 · 0 0

They are not different but the number of them present is different (according to the atomic number).

2006-07-22 19:53:21 · answer #9 · answered by Sid 2 · 0 0

yes electrons are negatively charged and protons are positively charged

2006-07-22 18:19:01 · answer #10 · answered by Shyne_06 4 · 0 0

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