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It is a compound.

It is a COMBINATION of one atom of the element Carbon(C) and one atom of the element Oxygen (O)

The molecular formula is ' CO '

An element consists of a quantity o**f atoms of all the same type** , and cannot be chemically broken down.

Carbon and oxygen are atoms of a different type.

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