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Order the following

components of matter from
smallest to largest: compounds,
electrons, elements, protons, and
neutrons.

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electron, proton/ neutron (same size), elements and finally compounds, hope it serves you!
User DirtyBit
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Step-by-step explanation:

An atom consists if an electron, proton and a neutron. These are called as subatomic particles.

The mass of electron is
9.1* 10^(-31)\ kg

The mass of proton is
1.672623* 10^(-27)\ kg

The mass of the neutron is
1.674929* 10^(-27)\ kg

The atomic mass of an element is the sum of protons and electrons. An element is defined as the species that has same number of protons.

A chemical compound is defined as the species that are composed of more than one molecules.

So, the correct order is electrons, protons, neutrons, elements and compounds.

User IanStallings
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