BIO 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ionic Bonding, Lone Pair, Electronegativity

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Bio 111 lecture 3 - january 17, 2017. An element is a substance that cannot be broken down to other substances by chemical reactions. A compound is a substance consisting of two or more elements in a fixed ratio (molecule is adding two atoms together) A compound has characteristics different from those of its elements. About 20-25% of the 92 elements are essential to life (essential elements) Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen make up 96% of living matter. Most of the remaining 4% consists of calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and sulfur. Trace elements are those required by an organism in only minute quantities. Isotopes- all atoms of an element have the same number of protons but may differ in number of neutrons. Isotopes are two atoms of an element that differ in number of neutrons. Radioactive isotopes decay spontaneously, giving off particles and energy, used as diagnostic tools in medicine.

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