Question

Scientists can break atoms to get still smaller particles in the light of what you read in this chapter do you think that a broken atom of say gold will have the same properties as an atom of gold

Answer 1

Answer:

• A ‘broken atom of gold’ won’t have the same properties as an ‘atom of gold’.
• It is because when an atom is broken, it breaks into its subatomic particles of “electrons, protons, and neutrons”.
• This is because, in nature, the atom itself is the smallest wholesome unit of matter where all the chemical properties of an element are retained.
• Upon further disintegration, the properties are not retained. A gold atom needs to retain as a whole atom to retain its properties.
• A gold coin formed by the union of a number of gold atoms reflects the properties of a gold atom.

Answer 2

Answer:

• A ‘broken atom of gold’ won’t have the same properties as an ‘atom of gold’.
• It is because when an atom is broken, it breaks into its subatomic particles of “electrons, protons, and neutrons”.
• This is because, in nature, the atom itself is the smallest wholesome unit of matter where all the chemical properties of an element are retained.
• Upon further disintegration, the properties are not retained. A gold atom needs to retain as a whole atom to retain its properties.
• A gold coin formed by the union of a number of gold atoms reflects the properties of a gold atom.