Elements are substances that are made up of the same atoms which are capable of taking part in a chemical reaction.
There are different types of elements which are represented by symbols gotten from the first letter or the first and any other letter in the name of the element.
Examples of elements include:
Hydrogen (H)
Carbon (C)
Nitrogen (N)
Sodium (Na)
When two or more of these elements combine together through a chemical bond, it leads to the formation of compounds.
Example of a compound includes:
NaCl: The element sodium combine, through electrochemical bonding, with another element chlorine to form the compound sodium chloride.
