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Not at all. The little numbers after the element's chemical symbol show you how many atoms of that element the compound has. For example, CH4 is methane, C2H6 is ethane, which would have 8 atoms instead of methane's 5, C3H8 is propane with 11 atoms, as long as hydrocarbons are concerned. But there are compounds such as proteins with hundreds of atoms and there their arrangement in space makes a lot of difference for their chemical and physiological properties.

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Atoms and elements are used interchangeably in many senses. Techincally, an element is a conglomeration of the same type of atom where as atoms are a single unit of an element. Diamond is an element, it is composed of many atoms of carbon. To answer specifically, in the sense you have it written, yes.

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No, a compound is more than 1 elements attached thogether, making it different from a mixture which is 2 elements or more but they aren't together.

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If you mean: and still be the same compound, then no. H2O is water H3O+ is hydronium. Same elements, different compound.

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Yes. All samples of the same compound will contain the same elements in the same proportions. This is the law of definite proportions.

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