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Comment by Qwertious

8 hours ago

>Hydrogen is the minimum viable atom: one proton, one electron.

Wait until you hear about H+

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antonvs  3 hours ago

That’s a type of ion, or of course a proton. An ion with no electrons is not considered an atom normally. GP is correct.

(Atoms must have electrons - the definition in physics and chemistry is a structural one.)

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