What to Know About Chemical Compound

Do you know if in our earth there are unlimited chemical compound? If not, let’s read about the chemical compound in this post. Actually, there are many chemical compound around us, even in our body arranged by compounds called  organic compound. So, in this post I will explain clearly about compound that rarely known by us (psstt, this is secret ;)). Some of them are chemical formula, compound group, the characteristic of compound, organic compound and the example of compound in our life. Let’s go into the first topic.

example of compound

A. Chemical Formula

Before we start this short explanation, you have to know compound has atoms from two or more elements that bound in chemical to forming the new substance variably. Elements formed a compound with this same comparison called chemical formula. It mean the chemical formula is the way to point out elements comparison in compound. For example, water chemical formula is H₂O because in each 2 hydrogen atom bound with one oxygen. So, the point is :

Chemical formula is one of many ways to describe element composition that form compound.

B. Compound Group

According to you, how can we difentiate compunds with too much variated? I diferentiate and separate them based on the characteristics or certain similarity, so it is easy to differentate. Surely this method have been done by the scientist, even before we succeed to find the answer. Compound grouping that have been arranged is group by its chemical characteristics such as acid and alkali. There are also based on the atoms.

C. The Characteristics of Compound

Like human being every individual compound group based on description above also have certain characteristics. This characteristic can be used to many things, but not rarely this characteristic  can caused danger for human. Compound has  two main characteristic:

1.      It cannot be separated in the way of physic

2.      It has different characteristics from the forming elements.

Do you still difficult to understand? If you do, lets read the examples. Who knows with comprehend the examples you understand about compound characteristics.

Natrium Chloride (kitchen salt)  is a compound that composed by chlorine (poisenous gas) and natrium (reactive metal). When it merge become one, it lost the danger characteristic so it become useful.

Iron and Slfur are heated become one, so it formed compound (iron sulfide) and it has different with original elements. It is not like iron, iron sulfide cannot be pulled by magnet and it isn’t also like sulfur powder. You have to know that when the two react each other, so iron and sulfur cannot be separated again.

D. Organic Compound

In the beginning I have told you all living things arranged by compound. All of the compound is organic compound or compound with carbon elements. It consist of carbon atom that bound with other elements, like hydrogen and oxygen. Atoms are gathered by strong covalent bond. Maybe the explanation too short to you, if you wanted to know more, let’s check my post about the expalanation of organic compound.

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