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Physics and Chemistry

Chemical Elements

What is Harkin’s rule?

Atoms having even atomic numbers are more abundant in the universe than are atoms having odd atomic numbers. Chemical properties of an element are determined by its atomic number, which is the number of protons in the atom’s nucleus.



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