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Compounds are chemically-combined elements. Very few elements exist in an uncombined state, so various physical or chemical reactions are needed to move elements from one state to another.

Some physical operations include:

Smelting (a heating operation) is used to remove metals from ore.

Fractional distillation (vaporization and cooling) can separate mixtures of various compounds and elements.

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