How is each element unique on the periodic table?

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anor277
Jan 19, 2017

By their #"atomic numbers Z"#.

Explanation:

Each element is defined by a particular #"atomic number Z"#, where #Z# is the number of protons, massive, positively charged particles in the element's nucleus.

#Z=1#, #"the element is hydrogen"#; #Z=2#, #"the element is helium"#; #Z=3#, #"the element is lithium"#;........................................................#Z=23#, #"the element is vanadium"#.

Do you have to remember these numbers?

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