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An element is a substance that has only one type of atom in (e.g. Carbon atoms). A chemical compound is a substance that has two or more types of atom in (e.g. Carbon and Zinc atoms). An example of a compound would be Carbon Dioxide, which has two types of atom in a molecule: Carbon and Oxygen.

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