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If a substance is made up of a combination of atoms, then it is called a compound. Hence a water molecule (which is composed of three atoms, two hydrogen and one oxygen) is a compound.

Most materials are compounds. Only the noble gasses (like helium) exist in their elemental form naturally.

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