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Differentiate between formulae of elements and formulae of the compound.

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Formulae of elements have the same type of atoms in representation while formulae of compounds contain more than one type of element.

$Examples: Formula of elements - O_{2}, He, etc.$
$Formula of compounds - C O_{2}, H N O_{3}, etc.$

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