Question

is water is a element or compound??? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen

Answer 2

Answer:

Water is a compound..

A compound is formed when two or more elements combine chemically by accepting, donating or by sharing electrons.

Water is formed when an Hydrogen ion (H+) combines with an hydroxide ion(OH-).

Here is the balanced chemical equation:

H+ + OH- → H2O .

Now you might be wondering that in the reaction there are no two or more elements combining(because the reaction only has ions and only Hydrogen is an element while Hydroxide is not an element).

Well when two ions combine the result is also called a compound.

Hence water is a compound.