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The number of elements in a compound can be determined by looking at the chemical formula and identifying each element's symbol. For example, the compound CO2 has two elements, carbon and oxygen. Another example, glucose, has the formula C6H12O6, and has three elements, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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What is the least number of atoms in a compound?
A compound must have at least two atoms of different elements.
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/
What are the elements of compounds?
The elements of a compound are the simplest components that it can be broken down into by chemical means. The atoms of an element have the same number of protons and electrons and have the same behaviors.
What is thew atomic number for granite?
Granite is a compound. They do not have atomic numbers. It is for elements.
True or False an atom is the smallest part of a compound that may still be identified as the compound?
False. A molecule is the smallest part of a compound that can still be indentified as a compound as it may contain several atoms of different elements. A single atom can only identify a single element, not a compound which it may have been a part of.
How do you identify a compound or an element?
Elements are pretty much defined by the number of protons in the nucleus. This number (the atomic number) defines the element. All the different elements have different numbers of protons in their nucleus.
How can the number of elements be identified within a compound?
Count the different chemical symbols in a compound's chemical formula to identify the number of elements. For instance, in the formula for sucrose (table sugar) C12H22O11 there are three elements -- C, H, and O. These represent carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
How do you identify elements in a compound?
there are many methods to identify compounds and elements like nmr, ir, chromatography, mass spectrometry, uv
What has a combination of letters and numbers that indicates which elements make up a compound?
It is the chemical formula of a compound. It helps to identify the elements and their ratios i the compound. Also it is easy to use the formula to describe a compound.
What is the number of elements in the compound bromic acid?
there are 3 elements
What is the name of the number used to identify atoms of elements?
The atomic number.
What do subscripts represent?
the number of the elements that is present in a compound
What is used as a elements id or way to identify it?
the atomic number
Elements with an oxidation number of 1 include what elements?
The oxidation number of lead (Pb) in the compound PbCl2 has to be what?
What number is used to identify different elements on the periodic table?
atomic number (or number of protons)
What is the least number of atoms in a compound?
A compound must have at least two atoms of different elements.
What is the oxidation number of the elements in the compound N2O?
magnesium bromide
