What is the relationship between a compound and the elements it is made from?

The compound takes on a mixture of properties from the elements.

The compound takes on the properties of the stronger element.

The compound may have properties that are very different from those of the elements.

The compound may have the properties of the most abundant element in the compound.

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What is the relationship between a compound and the elements it is made from?

 The compound takes on a mixture of properties from the elements.

 The compound takes on the properties of the stronger element.

 The compound may have properties that are very different from those of the elements.

 The compound may have the properties of the most abundant element in the compound.

mphetang · Answer

The compound may have properties that are very different from those of the elements.

mphetang · Answer

That is the answer....

mphetang · Answer

take for example, carbon monoxide, it is a gas made up of Carbon and Oxygen, and it has neither properties of carbon nor those of oxygen, but it does have its own properties which are independent of the properties of the two elements it is made up of.