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Why is CaO or Calcium oxide considered a compound?​

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Answer: The definition of a copmpound is that it have two or more lements.+

Explanation: The definition of compound is: "a substance formed from two or more elements chemically united in fixed proportions." CaO has two elements in a fixed ratio of 1:1. O2 is a compound since it has 2 elements.

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