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What do you call a substance that can be split up into simpler substances?
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∙ 11y ago
If the above didn't answer your question, a substance that can be broken down into simpler substances is called a compound. Even the simplest compounds can be broken down into individual elements.
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What do you call it when oxygen is added to a substance?
When Oxygen is added to a substance it is called oxidation.
What did alchemists call sulfur?
The divine spark, the active substance, the spirit of life.
What do you call a substance with no form or shape?
I would think it would be something like liquid or gas, for they have no set form or shape; they take on the shape of the container they are in...
Distinguish between element and compound?
A compound is a substance that is made when two or more elements arechemically combined.An element is a substance that contains only one atom.example; C2+O=C2O , NA+CL=NACLex: N2O + C2 = C2O + N2ex: c2o = c2 + oex: Fe2 + O = Fe2o
Is fluoride a gas solid or liquid in room temperature?
Fluoride does not exist on its own as a substance. It is a negatively charged ion that needs to be accompanied by a positive ion. Substances containing this ion, call fluorides are not liquids, gasses, or metals but solid salts. The element fluorine from which the fluoride ion is formed from is a gas.
What do you call a chemical reaction in witch a complex substance is broken down into simpler substances?
decomposition
What do you call a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substance?
an element
What do you call the process of changing of food into a simpler substance with the help of enzymes?
The process of changing food into a simpler substance is called COMBUSTION
What do you call the decomposition of a compound into simpler substances by passing an electric current though the compound?
electrolysis
What do you call that substances cannot be dissolve in the water?
insoluble substance
What happens when copper carbonate and sugar are heated they are broken down into simpler substances what is the name of this process?
The process is call decomposition.
What do you call to the amount of salt and other dissolve substance?
Dissolved substances (lesser quantity) are called the solute. Substances that do the dissolving (greater quantity) are the solvent.
A substance that can be separated into two or more substances only by a chemical change is a(n)?
A Substance that can be separated into two or more substances is call a Composition, if not try Solution.----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----From Rafaelrz.Yes. A substance that can only be separated into two or more substances by a chemical change is a 'compound'. If a body can be separated into two or more different substances by only physical processes, then the body is a 'mixture'.
When do you call a substances compound?
A compound is a chemical substance containing in the molecule two or more different chemical elements.
How come huffing is considered a drug abuse?
Huffing is taking an unnecessary and potentially harmful substance into your body for the purpose of mood-altering. I would call it "substance abuse," which is a better overall term to begin with, but let's not split hairs. We both know what it is.
What is a substance call that does not dissolve in a liquid?
its an insoluble substance
What do you call substance with only one atom?
You call a substance with only one type of atom, an element.
