2 Carbon atoms 6 Hydrogen atoms 1 Oxygen atoms CH3-CH2-OH a.k.a C2H5OH a.k.a C2H6O
Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) is a compound comprised of three different elements, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Any substance that chemically combines two or more elements is referred to as a compound.
Ethanol is a compound that contains the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Therefore, these three elements can be obtained from ethanol. However, it is not customary to write that these elements can be "made from ethanol", because the elements are already present in the compound and are simply separated from one another to obtain the pure elements.
If a material contains three elements joined in a fixed proportion, then it is a compound. It can only be separated by a chemical reaction.
Ethanol.
A material that contains three elements joined in a fixed proportion is a pure substance called a compound. It is not a mixture.
There are literally millions (and that's being extremely conservative) of organic compounds which contain three elements (even more, if you take the question as meaning "at least three" instead of "exactly three"). If you're just looking for an example of one that contains exactly three: furan. The hydro fluro acetic acid contains three groups.
eve three elements can make a compound .
many organic compounds have three elements, all carbohydrates, fats, fatty acids, and vegetables oils have carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. An organic compound of three atoms would be carbon dioxide.
The chemical formula of ethanol is C2H5OH; ethanol contain carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.
"Ternary" means that the compound contains three elements.
If three or more elements are bonded together in a compound (Eg. H2SO4) then that compound is called a "Polyatomic" ion. "Poly" meaning three or more. If there are only two atoms, it is Diatomic (Di meaning two). An example of a diatomic molecule would be CO2.