An atom is the basic unit of a/an___________(element/compound).

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Atom: Atoms are referred to as “the basic building blocks of any matter”.
Atom is the smallest component of matter that possess the properties of the chemical element.
Atoms can not exist independently, so, they form ions and form the matter that we touch, feel, and see.
Thus, an atom is the basic unit of an element.

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