What are the elements?

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anor277
Sep 19, 2016

An element is one of a 100 or so substances that CANNOT be chemically interconverted............

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An element is one of a 100 or so substances that CANNOT be chemically interconverted or broken down into simpler substances. Elements can of course combine with each other to form molecules and compounds. The simplest, and most common such element is hydrogen.

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