Why is water a compound and not an element or mixture?

Answer 1

Water is a compound with the chemical formula H2O.

It is not an element because it consists of the elements hydrogen and oxygen covalenly bonded to each other. It can be broken down into its constituent elements.

It is also not a mixture because the elements are chemically combined with chemical bonds formed.

Answer 2

Water is an compound of the 2 hydrogen and one o oxygen that's why it is called compound and the element means which exist only one atom eXAMPLE OXYGEN is element and oxygen dioxyed is compound

Answer 3

Something that is a mixture can be separated out into its components by physical means.

The Hydrogen and Oxygen in water are bonded together as one unit. They can not be separated apart physically; water is therefore a compound not a mixture.

Note that water vapour is also a compound, the physical state of a compound does not alter the fact that it is a compound.

Answer 4

Water is called a compound but not a mixture as it is made up of two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen in a fixed ratio of 2:1.

Answer 5

An element is made out of one kind of atoms. Water is made from more than one kind--hydrogen and oxygen--so it's a compound.

Answer 6

because a mixture has multiple atom parts that are different and a compound is only one group of atoms which are the same and water only has one group