What is the identity of the resulting atom

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Leyla Coleman

3 March, 04:06

What is the identity of the resulting atom

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Jefferson Jennings · Answer 1

Remember that the number of protons in the nucleus determines an element's identity. Chemical changes do not affect the nucleus, so chemical changes cannot change one type of atom into another. The number of protons in a nucleus does change sometimes, however. The identity of the atom, therefore, changes.