What is silicon? Atoms, elements, chemistry
Diagram of a silicon atom When a red giant star is getting older and runs out of helium fuel, it starts to convert the oxygen atoms in the star into silicon [...]
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What is oxygen? Atoms, elements, chemistry
Diagram of an oxygen atom When a star has changed all of its hydrogen atoms into helium, it turns into a red giant and moves on to convert the helium atoms into [...]
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What is a meson? Definition of a meson – Chemistry
A meson is much smaller than an atom! These are lithium, cobalt, and oxygen atoms (as in a lithium-ion battery), seen under an electron microscope from Berkeley Labs. What is [...]
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What is mercury? Atoms, elements, chemistry
Diagram of a mercury atom. Thanks to Open Door for this image Along with gold, lead, and uranium, mercury is one of the heavier kinds of atoms. Every atom of [...]
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Lead atoms – Elements and chemistry
A lump of lead, containing billions of lead atoms Where does lead come from? As with all of the other heavier elements, all of the lead in the universe came [...]
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What are atoms? Simple science – Chemistry
Lithium, cobalt, and oxygen atoms (as in a lithium-ion battery), seen under an electron microscope from Berkeley Labs What is an atom? Atoms are collections of tiny bits of matter, [...]
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Copper – Atoms, Elements, and Chemistry
Diagram of a copper atom What is copper? Copper is a kind of atom that has only one electron in the outermost ring. What's an electron? What are atoms? A [...]
