do componds and elements have mass?

Question

compounds and elements. science

Answer 1

yes... everything has a mass...

Answer 2

They're teeny-weeny, but they do weigh a little. That's how the periodic chart is set up--the elements increase in atomic mass (the weight of protons and neutrons--electrons have negligible mass, so only the nucleus is weighed.) Compounds would have the mass of whatever elements go into them.

Plus, you can tell they have mass because if you put them in an atom smasher, *smack*, they get even smaller. If they had no mass, you couldn't break them into even smaller particles. I don't know what something with no mass would do in an atom smasher. Just sit there, I guess. You couldn't spin it around if it had no mass. Hmmmm. Very metaphysical, this idea of something with no mass, like a spirit entity or a theoretical idea.

But compounds and elements *do* have mass, to answer your question.

Answer 3

Yes, everything except photons of light have mass. For the simple elements, their atomic mass can be found on the periodic table. Compounds, which are combinations of the elements, can be derived from adding the masses of each of the individual elements that they contain.

Answer 4

Yes, compounds and elements have mass as a general rule. Many compounds and elements are also described by their atomic mass. This is often necessary to evaluate chemical reactions that are based on molar volumes.

Answer 5

yes all the elements of the periodic table have a mass, it if found on the periodictable below the symbol for each element