00:02
So your question is about the difference between elements and compounds.
00:06
The easiest way to tell the difference between elements and compounds is ask yourself, can i find this specific name on the periodic table? if the answer is no, then it's a compound.
00:19
If the answer is yes, then it's an element.
00:22
There's only 118 elements known at this point.
00:26
So there's not a lot to choose from.
00:29
However, compounds, there's countless, many millions, who knows, infinite number of compounds that can be formed.
00:39
So we're talking about totally different things in terms of the number of names that can come up.
00:46
Only 118 elements, and they're represented by symbols, while compounds are represented by formulas.
00:56
Elements can only be made out of one atom and they would be found on the periodic table.
01:02
So copper, aluminum, helium, plutonium, oxygen.
01:07
Those are all things that we can find on the periodic table and those are elements...
