BIO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Surface Tension, Sodium Bicarbonate, Capillary Action

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Cannot be broken down into simpler substances. Cannot be converted into other substances by ordinary chemical reactions. A chemical reaction is a process that forms or breaks bonds between atoms. Retains all the chemical properties of that element. As a whole, an atom is neutral, as charges balance each other. Subatomic particles are measured in atomic mass units. Protons and neutrons each have a mass unit of 1. Mass of electrons is negligible (so small) Total number (equal to total mass) of the protons and neutrons contained in the nucleus of an atom. For example, hydrogen atoms have one proton, so the atomic number for hydrogen is one. For example, carbon has six protons and oxygen has eight. Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons ; 14c is an isotope of 12c. Some are radioactive (nuclei spontaneously break apart, releasing energy and subatomic particles) and are used in research. Nuclei and electrons play complementary roles in atoms.

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