2007-01-15 09:55:01 · 5 answers · asked by gangsta 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Nothing happens to atoms in a chemical reaction. Elements are the basic substances which cannot be broken into another form. Elements are made of protons neturons and electrons. When we form a compound we combine elements but we do not creat nor destroy elements.
The only exception is in nuclear reactions where fission where large atoms are broken into smaller with atoms destroyed to make energy. This is what a nuclear reactor does. A more complicated reaction like fusion is the combining of elements to form new one to produce energy called fusion. This is what the sun does.
2007-01-15 10:04:10 · answer #1 · answered by nicewknd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
C Atoms are on no account lost or gained in a reaction - regulation of Conservation of Mass they're rearranged. in the event that they weren't rearranged, not something new might sort and you does not have a chemial reaction.
2016-10-07 05:15:29 · answer #2 · answered by sashi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither changed nor destroyed; just rearranged.
2007-01-15 10:03:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
their chemical and physical properties are changed
2007-01-15 10:02:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are deformed or destroyed i think :)
2007-01-15 10:00:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋