Is CO an element or a compound?

Is CO an element or a compound?

Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide/IUPAC ID
Carbon monoxide is a one-carbon compound in which the carbon is joined only to a single oxygen. It is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, toxic gas.

Is CO an element?

Cobalt is a chemical element with symbol Co and atomic number 27. Classified as a transition metal, Cobalt is a solid at room temperature.

Why is CO an element?

Co has one type of atoms and CO has two different type of elements. For Example: Sodium chloride having chemical formula NaCl has sodium and chlorine atoms. For the given chemical substances: Co is the chemical symbol of an element cobalt and CO is a compound named as carbon monoxide having carbon and oxygen atoms.

Why CO is an element and CO is a compound?

CO is carbon monoxide, and it is a compound. Carbon monoxide is made of atoms of carbon bonded to atoms of oxygen.

Is silver element or compound?

Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag and atomic number 47. Classified as a transition metal, Silver is a solid at room temperature.

Is milk a compound?

Milk is a mixture. Milk is not an element that is listed on the periodic table. Milk is not a single compound, but a mixture of compounds.

Why is silver called Ag?

The symbol Ag derives from the Latin argentum and Sanskrit argunas from “bright”. The Latin word for silver is argentum. Silver has been known since ancient times.

Is silver flammable?

Silver is not flammable. Something that is flammable is able to catch of fire relatively easily.

Is 22 carat gold a compound?

22 carat gold is gold mixed with copper so it is a mixture and not a pure substance. Pure gold is 24 carat.

Why is milk not a compound?

Main compounds of milk are lactose and casein. And it is also called a colloidal mixture (i.e. in which one substance of microscopically dispersed insoluble or soluble particles is suspended throughout another substance). Therefore milk is regarded as a mixture not as a pure substance.

Why is silver not flammable?

Silver is not flammable. Something that is flammable is able to catch of fire relatively easily. When silver is heated it will transfer this heat.

How can I determine a compound or element?

An element is a pure chemical substance made of same type of atom. A compound is represented using its chemical formula that represents the symbols of its constituent elements and the number of atoms of each element in one molecule of the compound. An element is represented using symbols.

Is coal a mixture, element or compound?

To be accurate, coal is a mixture of compounds (like water, hydrocarbons etc.) and elements like carbon, sulphur etc. Coal does contain a lot of volatile matter (almost all of them being compounds). Coal also contains some elemental sulfur and small amounts of trapped Nitrogen and Oxygen.

Is Cola a mixture element or compound?

Cola is a mixture if carbonated, and a compo if flat. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080113213804AAJ4RuK Jan 20 08, 3:35 PM

Is an element the same thing as a compound?

Elements and compounds are pure chemical substances found in nature. The difference between an element and a compound is that an element is a substance made of same type of atoms , whereas a compound is made of different elements in definite proportions. Examples of elements include iron, copper, hydrogen and oxygen.