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what different between element and atom give me with example and table of diferences
Thank you for your question.
Element and Atom refer to different things: are you sure that it's these two that you're meant to be comparing?
An atom is the basic unit that makes up all known materials.
An atom is made up of three different types of particles: protons, electrons and neutrons. Different atoms have different numbers of protons, electrons and neutrons.
An element is a material that is made up of only one type of atom: e.g. all the atoms in an element are identical, and they all have the same number of protons, electrons and neutrons.
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