Consider the letters in the word chemistry. Use them to make as many word "compounds" as is possible with 9 elements. How is an element different from a compound?
1 Answer
Sep 29, 2016
Interesting question...
The various permutations of valid elements from the word "chemistry" are:
#C# #Ce# #Cm# #Cs# #Cr# #H# #He# #Es# #Er# #I# #Ir# #S# #Sc# #Se# #Sm# #Si# #Sr# #Tc# #Th# #Te# #Tm# #Ti# #Rh# #Re# #Y#
So you have any
These are the compounds I can think of that exist:
#CH_4# #HI# #CsI# #H_2S# #H_2Se# #SiH_4# #SrI_2# #TeI#
There are probably more but anyways, you can clearly see that each of these have two different elements. That's the definition of a compound.