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Biochemistry Chapter 2: The Molecules of Life Chapter 2.1: Properties of Atoms Atoms ● The fundamental unit of matter ● Nucleus made up of protons and neutrons ● Elections move around the nucleus at some distance from them ● Typically have the same number of protons and electrons Atomic number ● Number of protons in an atom ● Indicates an atom as a specific element Atomic mass ● Number of protons and neutrons in an atom Isotopes ● Atoms of the same elements with different numbers of neutrons Ions ● Electrically charged atoms ● Result of chemical processes that cause an atom to gain or lose electrons Orbitals ●