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Why are there more materials than elements?

Updated: 7/25/2022
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Because the elements can combine in many ways to form compounds, and compounds can be mixed in many differed ways. Moreover, some elements occur in different forms.

The elements carbon and hydrogen alone combine for form thousands of compounds.

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