Difference between atoms and radicals
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★ ATOM: its the smallest part of an element having the same chemical properties.atoms are present everywhere in the universe,let it be gases,liquids,solids.an atom consists of neutrons[no charge],protons[+ charge] and electrons[- charge].
★ RADICAL: two or more than two atoms, ions or molecules which have unpaired electrons and are highly reactive. they easily take part in chemical reactions.
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An atom in which the number of electrons that surround the nucleus is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus, so that there is no net electric charge. So the main difference is that a neutral radical has an unpaired electron while every neutral atom doesn't have unpaired valence electron.
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