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Which is not a characteristic of a compound?

has different properties from its component elements
different samples have different properties
can be represented by a chemical formula
a pure substance made of two or more elements


Sagot :

The second answer is not a characteristic because compounds don’t vary from sample to sample. For example NaCl (table salt) is indistinguishable from sample to sample.