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Allena and Charissa were discussing whether Cl2
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is an element or a compound. Allena said that it is an element, because it has only one type of atom. Charissa said that it is a compound, because it has more than one atom. Who is correct? Question 29 options:
A. Allena is correct. It is an element, because it is only made of chlorine atoms. B. Allena is correct. It is an element, because it is only one atom.
C. Charissa is correct. It is a compound, because it has a two.
D. Charissa is correct. It is a compound, because it is made of more than one atom.

Answer 1

I think its A but I very well could be wrong sorry if I am wrong hope this helps

Answer 2

The correct option is A.

Elements are substances that are made up of atoms of the same type., while compounds are made of two or more atoms of different types.

Some common examples of elements are Iron, Sodium, oxygen, Hydrogen, while NaCl ( Sodium Chloride), Water (H_2O) , Ammonia (NH_3) are compounds.

It can be seen that the compounds are composed of atoms of different substances.

Chlorine is a diatomic molecule, where two Chlorine atoms are bonded by a covalent bond. Since both atoms in a Chlorine molecule are the same, it cannot be called a compound.

Hence Chlorine, though it has more than one atom in its molecular form, is still called element.