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Sat 23 Apr, 2011 08:29 pm
Is wood a compund or an element?
@raprap,
A mixture, in other words.
Compound.
(With the understanding that compounds are made up of combined elemnts )
an element:
* consists of only one kind of atom,
* cannot be broken down into a simpler type of matter by either physical or chemical means, and
* can exist as either atoms (e.g. argon) or molecules (e.g., nitrogen).
a compound:
* consists of atoms of two or more different elements bound together,
* can be broken down into a simpler type of matter (elements) by chemical means (but not by physical means),
* has properties that are different from its component elements, and
* always contains the same ratio of its component atoms.
@dadpad,
Wood is not a compound. It is, as has been said, a mixture of compounds.
@sciencechick101,
Is this a biology question?
@hingehead,
hingehead wrote:
Is this a biology question?
It's biology when you've got wood.
@Francis,
Francis wrote:
Like in a "wood pecker"?
Your mastery of idiom is giving me an erection.
@contrex,
Quote:Your mastery of idiom is giving me an erection.
Are you building a tree house ? I know where you can get some wood .