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Almost any element, including the heavier noble gases, can form a molecular compound (if chelated cations are considered molecular as most chemists would), but the vast majority of such compounds are composed of nonmetals.

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How do elements join to from compounds?

YES!!!! Taking Sodium and Chlorine as an example. Sodium metal is an element. Chlorine gas is an element. Put them together in a gas jar and they will react to form the compound sodium chloride. In nature atmospheric nitrogen (an element) will react with atmospheric oxygen (also an element), when a lightning strike discharges, to form nitrogen oxides (compounds).


Can an element be part of a heterogeneous mixture?

Yes, an element can be part of a heterogeneous mixture. For example, if iron filings are mixed with sand, the resulting mixture would be heterogeneous as the iron filings and sand do not mix at a molecular level.


How does elements combine to form elements why not compounds?

Elements combine to form compounds through chemical bonding, where atoms of different elements share or exchange electrons to achieve a stable configuration. This results in the formation of compounds with distinct properties different from the elements that make them up. Elements, on the other hand, do not combine to form other elements because they are unique substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical reactions.


How many compounds can elements make?

You might think that there is some limit to the number of combinations of elements, but this is incorrect. There simply is no limit. It is rather like asking how many words can be made from the letters of the alphabet, except chemical compounds can be made from over 100 elements, and they can be arranged in loops and rings, and 3D shapes.


How many atoms are in a orange?

An orange would contain billions of atoms, as it is composed of various elements such as carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen which make up its molecular structure. These atoms combine in complex ways to form the different compounds found in an orange.

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What kind of compounds do elements make when the combine?

The entire range of chemical compounds available in the universe


What kind of particles make up compounds?

Compounds are composed of elements. Elements are composed of sub-atomic particles (electrons, protons, and neutrons).


What compounds make up the element cadmium?

No compounds make up elements. Elements make up compounds, so there are no compounds in cadmium since it is an element.


Elements are combined to make compounds?

Yes, chemical compounds are made up of elements combined together.


How do the properties of compounds compare to the properties of the individual elements that make up the compound?

Compounds cannot be separated by physical means while elements are made up of only one kind of matter.


What expresses the relationship between elements in the compounds and the molecules they make up?

Chemical bonds, such as covalent bonds and ionic bonds, link elements together to form compounds. These compounds have distinct molecular structures based on the arrangement of their constituent atoms. The type and strength of the bond between elements influence the properties of the resulting molecules.


Are all elements smaller than compounds?

yes because all elements make up compounds


What are binary molecular compounds made out of?

Everything you can touch is made up of molecules. From simple compounds like water (H2O) to giant molecules that make up biological tissue. Only the noble/Inert gases exist as monatomic atoms.


Compare and contrast elements and compounds?

a compound is made up of 2 or more types of atoms . atoms are smaller. u know what im sayin. listen, chemistry ain't a bowl of lemons . u gata wrk for it brotha


Is a birds nest a compound?

No, a birds nest is a structure. Each of its componenet parts maintains its separate ideneity. A compound is the result of elements or compounds uniinge at an atomic or molecular level to make a new material.


What other elements or compounds bond with oxygen to make other elements?

Almost every other element except the elements in group 18 bond with oxygen to form compounds.


Do compounds have very similar properties from those of the elements that make it?

no