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What defines an element?
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What defines an element?

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An element is a substance that is made up of only one kind of atom and cannot be broken down into simpler forms by any ordinary chemical means

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element is made up of only one type of atoms.

it is pure form of matter

example hydrogen, oxygen, carbon etc

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