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A compound is a substance which can be broken down into different [[elements]].
A '''compound''' is a [[molecule]] which is composed of more than one ''element''.
Chemical compounds can be fairly simple, such as water (H<sub>2</sub>O), which is just one [[oxygen]] atom and two [[hydrogen]] atoms. Many are moderately complex, like sugars, which consist of no more than a few dozen [[carbon]], oxygen, and hydrogen atoms, e.g. C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>12</sub>O<sub>6</sub>. Some are relatively huge (still not visible to the naked eye), such as DNA, which can contain millions of atoms in one double helix crystal.
In general, compounds containing carbon are referred to as "[[organic chemistry|organic compounds]]".
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[[Category:Chemistry]]