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elements are made up of only one thing, while compounds are made up of a mixture of two elements, but and element is only one 'pure substance' like oxygen.
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∙ 14y ago
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Edouardo Thomas
Oxygen is a molecule because it is an element.
Just like hydrogen, gold, Mercury, and argon.
A compound is a combination of two elements that form to make a single substance such as water, which is H20. It has 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom.
Compound means combination of 2 different things.
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∙ 8y agoOxygen is a molecule because it is an element.
Just like hydrogen, gold, mercury, and argon.
A compound is a combination of two elements that form to make a single substance such as water, which is H20. It has 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom.
Compound means combination of 2 different things.
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∙ 13y agoBecause a compound is formed by bonding of two or more atoms of "different" elements.
These atoms may joined by covalent bonding, and the resulting compound is known as covalent compound( like HCl, CO2, H2O...etc.) Similarly ionic bonding results in the formation of ionic compound (like NaCl, KCl) and coordinate bonding results in the formation of coordinate compounds (like LiAlH4)
Whereas the Oxygen is concerned it exists in O2 which is a molecule and not a compound as molecule is formed by bonding of two or more atoms of the "same" element (like P4, S8.. etc)
Molecules have covalent bonding only.
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∙ 14y agoIn oxygen there's only oxygen atoms, in a compound there are several different kinds of atoms.
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∙ 13y agoOxygen gas is not a compound because it consists of only one type of atom: oxygen atoms. This makes it an element.
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∙ 13y agoIt's on the Periodic Table of elements. Its found naturally and it's not composed of any other elements. PURE SUBSTANCE IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM!
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∙ 10y agoA compound is composed of two or more elements which have combined chemically. The O2 molecule consists of just one element, which is oxygen.
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∙ 7y agoThe molecule of oxygen contain only oxygen atoms.
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∙ 7y agoBecause it is composed only of atoms of oxygen: all of which have the same number of protons.
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element
Oxygen compound or element?
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