SSC
CHEMISTRY
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Question
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Why is water NOT on the periodic table?
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It is naturally occuring
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It is a compound, not an element
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It exists as a solid, a liquid, and a gas
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Its chemical formula doesn’t fit
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Water is a compound because it is made up of water molecules. There is no such thing as water atoms. Water molecules are made of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, in the definite proportion of two hydrogens for one oxygen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Water is an example of a compound, a mixture of two or more elements, and is created when two hydrogen atoms bond to an oxygen atom.
Detailed explanation-3: -On This Day – November 12 : Antoine Lavoisier declared water to be a compound, not an element, on this day in 1783.
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