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An element is a pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.

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What is a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances?

A substance that cannot be broken down is a pure substance


What is a substance that cannot be broken down into a similar substance?

An element cannot be broken down into a simpler substance by chemical means.


Which substance cannot be broken down into simplier substances?

The atom cannot be broken by chemical methods.


What is a substance that cannot be broken up into other substances?

element


If a substance cannot be broken down into simpler substances it is?

Its Elements


If a substance cannot be broken down by heat the substance is an element?

No. Elements cannot be broken down into simpler substances in a chemical reaction.


What is a substance that cannot be brooken into a simpler substance?

Any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances is an?


What is a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substance with all the characteristics of the substance?

An element is a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances with all the characteristics of that element. Elements are composed of only one type of atom and they cannot be chemically decomposed into simpler substances.


A substance that cannot be separated or broken down into simpler substances?

Elements


What is a pure substance that cannot be broken into a simpler substance?

Not: atoms The answer is an element


If an unknown substance CANNOT be broken down into simpler substances it is?

If an unknown substance cannot be broken down into simpler substances it is made of one kind of atom and an element.


What type of substance cannot be broken down into a simplier substance?

an element is a substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler form by chemical means