Elements, Compounds and Mixtures

Elements, Compounds and Mixtures

1. Element: Made up of the same atom

   • Element: a simple substance that can not be made any smaller

2. Everything Is made up of atoms

   • Atoms are tiny particles that can't even be seen through a microscope

3. Compounds are two or more elements which are chemically bonded

   • Compounds cant not be separated

4. A mixture is two or more elements which aren't chemically bonded

   • Mixtures can be separated
     • Distillation
       • Separates liquids with different boiling points
     • magnetism
     • Evaporation
     • Filtration
     • Chomatography
       • Separates liquids of different colours
     • we separate mixtures to purify them