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Very tiny:
A penny contains about 2 × 1022
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Negatively charged particles located around electron clouds. They orbit around the nucleus. |
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The small and dense positively charge center of the atom that takes up most of the atom's mass. It is so dense that if it was the size of a graepe it would be greater than 9,000,000 tons. |
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Positively charged particles in nucleus of the atom. |
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Particle in the center of the atom that has no charge. |
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The unit used to express the masses of particles in the atom. |
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The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom |
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An atom that has the same number of protons (or the same atomic number) as other atoms of the same element do, but that has a different number of neutrons (and therefore a different atomic mass). |
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The sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom. |
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The mass of an atom expressed in atomic mass units |
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The mass of an atom expressed in atomic mass units |
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