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Are the properties of compounds something like an average of the properties of its compnent elements?
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∙ 6y ago
false. once they r combined, they are inseparable and one totally different thing
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt is false. Hydrogen and oxygen are gases at anything above cryogenic temperature, yet they combine two-to-one to give us water, the universal solvent. Water, with which you are probably quite familiar, has properties that are not an "average" of the two elements that make it up. For example, hydrogen and oxygen both easily catch on fire. In contrast, water is what douses fire.
If anyone has this idea, it should be abandoned quickly. There are a number of innocuous chemicals that, when combined in a certain way, produce something of extreme toxicity.
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∙ 13y agoNo, for example salt is sodium chloride(NaCl), yet sodium alone(Na) is an explosive metal and chlorine(Cl) a powerful poison!
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∙ 8y agoIt's true. John Dalton was the first to suggest this, and it remains one of his greatest contributions.
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∙ 12y agoNo, the properties of the compound formed are very different.
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∙ 8y agoToday this affirmation is not valid.
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∙ 6y agoNo, this affirmation is not correct.
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∙ 13y agoTrue
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What are properties of elements compounds and mixtures?
Here are some characteristics of compounds:Compounds are made up of 2 or more elements and they are all chemically bonded.The properties of a compound are different from the elements that make it up.Compounds can be broken back into elements by chemical reaction, exposure to light, etc.Compounds can be separated only chemically, not by physical meansThe mass of the compound is determined by the mass of the elements that make it up.When compounds are formed heat and light is given out or absorbed.Compounds have definite proportions.
Do the elements in a compound retain their original properties?
In most cases, when two elements form a compound, the new compound has a set of chemical properties that are entirely different from its reactants. However, in the case of diatomic compounds, such as O2, then yes, the compound retains the properties of its elemental parts.
Do compounds have the same properties from which they are made?
No. They can have radically different properties from the elements they're formed from.Easy example: Sodium chloride. Sodium is a highly reactive nonmetal. Chlorine is a highly reactive nonmetal. They combine into a very nonreactive compound - table salt.
How does elements combine to form elements why not compounds?
Elements are pure samples of only one type of atom. By definition, elements combing make a compound. You cannot have a pure combination of something.
Why do you not get sick if you eat sodium chloride if chlorine is poisonous?
Sodium chloride is table salt - you will get sick if you eat too much. When elements combine to make compounds they have different properties to the elements that made them.
Do compounds not have the same properties as the elements that formed them?
True. Compounds do not have the same properties as the elements that form them.
What has properties unlike those of their elements?
All the properties are different for chemical elements and chemical compounds.
Do compounds keep their individual properties?
The elements in compounds do not keep their individual properties.
What is an accurate comparison of the properties of compounds and the properties of the elements that the compounds contain?
they are different
How does combining elements into compounds affect their properties?
The properties of the compound will differ from the properties of the elements of which it is made.
Is . true about compounds?
properties of compounds are different than elements
When elements chemically combine do the properties of the compounds have the same properties as the elements it is made of?
Generally, no, they do not.
Do not have the same properties as the elements that formed them?
True. Compounds do not have the same properties as the elements that form them.
Are the properties of compounds the same as the properties of the elements that make them?
No, never.
What are properties of elements and compounds?
Element properties stay the same
What are the properties of compounds and elements and their uses?
i have a cold...
Have properties unlike those of their elements?
Compounds
