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Types of Atoms

Hydrogen
Hydrogen

A hydrogen atom, like other atoms, has a nucleus. The nucleus of a hydrogen atom is made of just one proton. Around the nucleus, there is just one electron, which goes around and around the nucleus.

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Ions
Ions

Ions are atoms with extra electrons or missing electrons.When an atom's outermost orbital gains or loses electrons (also known as valence electrons), the atom forms an ion. An ion with more protons than electrons carries a net positive charge and is called a cation.

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Nitrogen
Nitrogen

Inside a red giant star, the star smashes lighter atoms together. Smashing atoms gets the star energy to burn, and also leaves extra heavier atoms. Nitrogen is one of these heavier atoms, left over when a star smashes together carbon atoms. Nitrogen is not very heavy, though, and a lot of stars make a lot of nitrogen.

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Oxygen
Oxygen

Other oxygen atoms combine with two hydrogen atoms to make water molecules. Oxygen atoms also react with hydrocarbon molecules or some metals, like magnesium, to make fire, and they can react with other metals, like iron, to make rust.

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Phosphorus
Phosphorus

Phosphorus atoms have fifteen protons and sixteen neutrons, so they’re just a little lighter than sulphur atoms, in the middle of the range for atoms. Stars make phosphorus when two oxygen atoms get very hot and squash together into one phosphorus atom.

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Sulfur
Sulfur

Sulfur or sulphur is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent, and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula S 8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow crystalline solid at room temperature.

United-Atom Carbons
United-Atom Carbons

Carbon atoms are the building blocks for carbon, which is the sixth most abundant element found in the universe. A carbon atom has six electrons, four of which are in the outer shell of the atom, its...

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United-Atom Carbons
United-Atom Carbons

What Is a Carbon Atom? A: Quick Answer. Carbon atoms are the building blocks for carbon, which is the sixth most abundant element found in the universe.

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