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Give one word/a a few words for each of the following.

The substance with fixed chemical and physical properties.


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A substance with fixed chemical and physical properties is a compound.

  • A compound is a substance made up of two or more elements chemically combined in a fixed proportion by mass.
  • Water (H2O), for example, is a chemical combination made up of two elements, Hydrogen and Oxygen, chemically united in a fixed mass ratio of 1:8 (atomic masses:H=1u,O=16u,henceH2:O=2u:16uor1:8).

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