Question

What are the elements present in the following compound?

Potassium nitrate

Answer 1

1. Elements : Elements constitute the simplest chemical substances in which all the atoms are exactly the same.
2. Compounds: Compounds are chemical substances made up of two or more different types of elements that are chemically bound together in a fixed ratio.
3. Potassium nitrate's chemical formula is ${\mathrm{KNO}}_3$.
4. The chemical compound potassium nitrate ${\mathrm{KNO}}_3$ contains the elements Potassium$\left(\mathrm{K}\right)$, Nitrogen$\left(\mathrm{N}\right)$, and Oxygen$\left(\mathrm{O}\right)$ in the ratio of 1:1:3