How would you assume whether a substance is an element or compound?

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sweetburger · Answer

examples?

anonymous · Answer

For example if you are doing an experiment in class and you are give substances in a bag and they ask you what do you think is in bag, is it an element or compound?

anonymous · Answer

But since they are asking what you think is there a wrong or wrong answer?

sweetburger · Answer

I'm not sure on this to be honest.

anonymous · Answer

Right?! My school is insane

arindameducationusc · Answer

A compound is a substance formed when two or more chemical elements are chemically bonded together. Two types of chemical bonds common in compounds are covalent bonds and ionic bonds. The elements in any compound are always present in fixed ratios.

A chemical element (or element) is a chemical substance consisting of atoms having the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei. There are 118 elements

photon336 · Answer

an element, is something that's naturally occurring element on the periodic table, a compound is comprised of one or more elements.