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What is the difference between a pure substance and a compound?

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a pure substance consists only of one element or one compound. A compound is a mixture consists of two or more different substances, not chemically joined together.
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Answer:

Pure substance consisting of one type of atom

Compound: Pure substance consisting of two or more different atoms

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