Why isn’t water classified as an element?

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Sneftel asked Jan 4, 2023

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Why isn’t water classified as an element?

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Water is a compound, and is made up of one Hydrogen atom and two Oxygen atoms, even though water is so common, it’s made of multiple elements so it couldn’t be one.

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