Question

4. What is the difference between an element and a compound?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Compounds include more than one kind of atom.

They can be broken into elements.

Elements are pure materials containing one type of atom.  

These can't be broken into further smaller units as these themselves are the smallest fundamental chemical unit. (Theoretically, you could, but you'd need an unimaginable amount of energy to do so.)

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Answer 2

Answer:

The smallest particle of an element is an atom whereas the smallest particle of a compound is a molecule.

Explanation: