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Elements are made up of only one thing. While a compound is made of two of more elements. Here is an example. H2O. Water is hydrogen and oxygen.
Gonzalo Abernathy
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∙ 16y agoElements are substances which cannot be broken down into anything simpler by chemical methods. Compounds are substances that are made up of two or more elements chemically joined together.
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∙ 12y agoCompounds are made up of 2 or more elements. Compounds can be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means, but elements cannot.
Lucy Dragneel
- Compounds are made up of 2 or more elements. Compounds can be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means, but elements cannot.
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∙ 14y agohow are compounds and elements different?
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∙ 9y agothink for yourself
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What is the minimum of elements in a compound?
A compound is composed of two or more different elements.
What has different properties than the elements from which they are made?
A substance that has properties different from the chemical elements in it is a chemical compound. A chemical compound is built from chemical elements that are chemically bonded together. And the "finished product" will have chemical properties that are unique to that compound, and different from the properties of the substances that make it up.
What is the diff between an element and a compound?
An element is such as oxygen, or nitrogen etc., A compound is a chemical combination between atoms of different elements, e.g. water (H2O) is a compound, because it contains two different elements.
If two elements bond are the properties of the 2 elements the same or different from the newly formed compound?
the compound has properties that are different from the two elements the bonded, as it is a new substance
What is a compound of two identical elements known as?
A compound can only consistent of at least two different elements.
The properties of a compound are different from the properties of?
The individual elements from which the compound is formed
Why doesn't helium for a compound?
A compound has minimum two different elements.
What elements are not compounds?
A pure substance is by definition composed of one compound. A compound may be composed of different elements.
Can you predict the properties of a compound by knowing the properties of the elements that make up the compound explain your answer?
No because the elements that make up the compounds have different properties than the compound's properties.
A compound that is composed of only two elements is an?
A binary compound is one that is composed of two elements.
Is H2O and element or compound?
its a compound, it is made up of two different elements
Can an element be a compound?
No. By definition a compound consists of two or more different elements.
