is OIL a element or compound?
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Crude oil is a mixture of comparatively volatile liquid hydrocarbons (compounds composed mainly of hydrogen and carbon), though it also contains some nitrogen, sulfur, and oxygen. Those elements form a large variety of complex molecular structures, some of which cannot be readily identified.
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Oil is a compound.
- The species which contain more than one element is called compound.
- Oil is a mixture of many elements like liquid hydrocarbons, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, hydrogen gas etc. This elements form a large variety of structure. So, it contains many elements and it can be classified as a compound.
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