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Plastic is not an element. To be an element, a substance must have all the same type of atom. Once it has this, it can go on the Periodic Table. So, as plastic has many different types of atom in it, it's not an element.
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Is plastic a element or a compound?
Plastics are made from more than one element and therefore are compounds.
What element can be found in pencil sharpeners?
Well there is Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen which makes up the plastic outside of a pencil sharpener. To know what element can be found inside you would have to know what a pencil sharpener is made up of on the inside.
Is plastic a metal or nonmetal?
P=non-metal and l= no-metal which means it is a covalent bond element one is P and element 2 is l
An element that decays to another element over a period of time is?
A property of that element. An unstable element. A radioactive element
Is F2 an element or a compound?
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How do you get melted plastic off an element?
Buy a new element.
What element is responsible for the green house affect?
the element is the things that are in the leathery like plastic in the plastic that covers the plants so its the type of plastic and the sun combined
Is plastic an element mixture or compound?
plastic is a compound .
What is plastic's atomic weight?
Its not an element....
Is plastic a element or a compound?
Plastics are made from more than one element and therefore are compounds.
What is the symbol of plastic?
Plastic is not an element nor a compound, so it will not have a symbol designated to itself.
Is plastic a mixture or compound or solution or element?
Is plastic an element or a compound ? A: Plastic is a Compound. jadiie xx
What kind of element is plastic?
Plastic is a large molecule called a polymer, and it's always a compound.
What is the pH number of plastic?
Plastic is not a element. It has not a atomic number.
Can plastic rust?
No, rust is specific to the element Iron.
Is an aluminum staple an element or compound?
The aluminum part of the staple is an element, but it probably has a thin plastic coating on it which is a compound.
Are there six element that are non metals?
I have one the plastic if I will find I would tell
