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You think probable to a chemical compound.

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12y ago

The properties of a compound can be very different from the properties of the

elements that make up the compound.

Table salt is a great example. Each of its molecules consists of an atom of sodium ...

a soft poisonous metal that ignites in water ... and chlorine ... a poisonous gas.

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11y ago

No actually, Elements combine in definite proportions from two atoms usually.

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11y ago

Yes; that is part of the definition of a compound.

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The properties of a compound always differ from the properties of the elements of which it is composed.

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yes, an compound is that

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yes it does....i hope

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