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How do the properties of a compound compare with the properties of the elements that form it?
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∙ 11y ago
They're not related at all. For example-
Look at SALT (NaCl)
Na (Sodium) atoms are a soft metal. A DEADLY soft metal.
Cl (Chlorine) atoms are a yellow-green gas. A DEADLY yellow-green gas.
Together they make salt. Not so deadly.
Waldo Ledner
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∙ 11y agoThey are usually completely different (metal alloys are the exception). The best example would be sodium and chlorine; a metal that basically explodes on contact with water and a gas which causes people to drown in their own mucus together form a harmless salt that is necessary to human life.
They're not related at all. For example-
Look at the salt (NaCl).
Na (Sodium) atoms are from a soft metal.
Cl (Chlorine) atoms are from a yellow-green gas.
By combination, they make salt which is neutral.
They are different. This is the only thing we can say, since the properties vary from compound to compound and elements to elements.
Anonymous
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∙ 12y agothey are vastly different and often unpredictable, i.e. table salt (sodium chloride):
sodium (Na) - highly reactive with water (it explodes), and melts at about 97 degrees celsius
chlorine (Cl) - a toxic, yellow gas that is denser than air, it boils at about -34 degrees celsius
sodium chloride (NaCl) - harmless compound, edible, and good on fries. melts at 801 degrees celsius
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∙ 12y agoThey are unrelated.
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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.
What do elements combine to form?
Elements combine to form chemical compounds.
Are the properties of a compound the same as the elements that form it?
Not always. For example sodium (Na), a metal that reacts violently with water, and chlorine (Cl), a yellow poisonous gas, combine to make table salt, which has none of these properties. But in others cases there are some similarities, like in a metal alloy.
How do you determine the number of elements using the formula of a compound?
an element is a single substance while a compound is made up of multiple elements. Theirs no way to now how many elements form to make a compound... only through a microscope/
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.
Are the properties of a compound the same of the properties of its elements?
the properties of a compound are not the same as the elements that form them.
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.
When elements combine to form compoundstheir properties are an average of all elements in the compound?
This affirmation is not correct.
How does combining elements into a compound affect their properties?
They will either bind on a mollecular scale to form "solutions", or on a non-mollecular scale to form "mechanical mixtures". Certain properties will cause the mixture to combust, give off gasses, or other things, depending on the elements and the ratios.
When the elements combine to form compounds what happens to the chemical and physical properties of the elements?
Essentially they disappear. However, of course, if a compound is separated into its component elements the properties will reappear.
Is the sharing of electrons by elements to form compound is that a physical properties or chemical property?
chemical
The chemical combination of two or more elements that form a substance with different properties is a?
Compound
Would sodium and chlorine maintain their individual properties when they combine to form salt?
No. A compound does not retain the properties of its component elements.
When two elements combine to form a compound do the elements keep the same properties they had as individuals or do they adapt with new properties as a compound?
They normally have new properties as a compound, example- sodium metal, extremely reactive, reacts violently with moisture; and chlorine gas, deadly poisonous, react together to form table salt-sodium chloride
How do physical and chemical property's change when element becomes a compound or a mixture?
When elements combine to form compounds than the properties of elements are not pre demoninantly the same in them whether chemical or physical while in the form of mixture elements retain their properties.
What are the properties of the elements sodium and chlorine and the compound they form?
Sodium and chlorine combine to form sodium chloride (common salt). Please see the links for information about the properties of these substances.
When elements form compounds do they take on new properties?
The properties from the original elements are all left behind; almost no compound shows any of the properties of its constituent elements (the most widely used example of this is sodium and chlorine forming sodium chloride).
