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Classes can be defined by a set of defining conditions: gold is the class of atoms with atomic number 79; chairs are the class of objects shaped for one person to sit on.
This week, we meet gold, a chemical element with the atomic number 79 and the chemical symbol Au.
Having atomic number 79 just is what makes gold gold.
To illustrate the principle, suppose we say that gold is identical to the element with atomic number 79, that all gold has atomic number 79.
According to IUPAC, to be gold is to have atomic number 79, regardless of atomic weight.
There is no mechanism by which gold gets atomic number 79.
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A bar of pure uranium, for instance, would consist entirely of atoms with atomic number 92.
Gadolinium has the symbol Gd and atomic number 64.
Darmstadtium (Ds), artificially produced transuranium element of atomic number 110.
Roentgenium (Rg), artificially produced transuranium element of atomic number 111.
Copernicium (Cn), artificially produced transuranium element of atomic number 112.
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