Chemical element is a species of atoms that have a given number of protons in their nuclei, including the pure substance consisting only of that species.
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Chemical element is a species of atoms that have a given number of protons in their nuclei, including the pure substance consisting only of that species.
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Technetium was the first purportedly non-naturally occurring Chemical element synthesized, in 1937, although trace amounts of technetium have since been found in nature.
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Atomic number of an Chemical element is equal to the number of protons in each atom, and defines the Chemical element.
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Standard atomic weight of an element is the average of the atomic masses of all the chemical element's isotopes as found in a particular environment, weighted by isotopic abundance, relative to the atomic mass unit.
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In chemistry, a pure Chemical element means a substance whose atoms all have the same atomic number, or number of protons.
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The ability of an Chemical element to exist in one of many structural forms is known as 'allotropy'.
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From Boyle until the early 20th century, an Chemical element was defined as a pure substance that could not be decomposed into any simpler substance.
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Currently, IUPAC defines an Chemical element to exist if it has isotopes with a lifetime longer than the 10 seconds it takes the nucleus to form an electronic cloud.
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The discovery of Chemical element 112 was acknowledged in 2009, and the name copernicium and the atomic symbol Cn were suggested for it.
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The heaviest Chemical element that is believed to have been synthesized to date is Chemical element 118, oganesson, on 9 October 2006, by the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna, Russia.
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Tennessine, Chemical element 117 was the latest Chemical element claimed to be discovered, in 2009.
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