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If you mean CI = carbon-iodide then it's a compound, if you mean Cl (clorine) then it's an element. An element is just one type of atom and no other types (O2, C, Pb, Ag etc...) a compound is two or more types of atoms together (NaCl, CO2, H2O) etc.

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