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What part of the atom determines what kind of reaction an element will have ?
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What part of the atom determines what kind of reaction an element will have ?

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The number of protons in the nucleus determines which element an atom is, while the number of electrons surrounding the nucleus determines which kind of reactions the atom will undergo.
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