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What is an element?


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Each of more than one hundred substances that cannot be chemically interconverted or broken down into simpler substances and primary constituents of matter are called element. Each element is distinguished by its atomic number, i.e. the number of protons in the nuclei of its atoms.

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An element is a pure substance that cannot be converted further into anything simpler than itself by physical or chemical process

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