Compound.
Because compound is a substance formed by a chemical reaction of two or more separate elements. If a compound is separated, it would become two or more different substances instead of similar ones.
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Bella from BOC Sciences
Answer:
period 3 and group 3
Explanation:
I'm saying group 3 because that is how I learnt it at school, but if you count it then it's in group 13.