Acetaminophen consists of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen atoms. A student in an organ chemistry laboratory prepares impure acetaminophen and dissolves it in hot water in order to purify it by recrystallization. No crystals from on cooling, and so the student pours out the solution and starts the experiment over. Have the carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen atoms of the acetaminophen been destroyed?
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