A new material was produced in a laboratory by bonding atoms of different elements together in a unique arrangement. Other laboratories

were able to reproduce these results, producing the same material with

the same elements in the same arrangement. What type of matter was

produced?

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A compound

Explanation:

A compound is a substance formed from the chemical combination of atoms of two or more elements together.

A chemical compound always contains the same kinds of atoms of elements combined together in as specific ratio by mass and can be represented by a chemical formula. For example, water is a compound formed from the chemical combination of hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the ratio of 2 : 1. It has a chemical formula H2O.

A pure compound also always have the same chemical properties irrespective of the source of the compound. For example, chemically pure has similar properties irrespective of whether it is obtained from rain, streams or underground wells.

Therefore, if a new material was produced in a laboratory by bonding atoms of different elements together in a unique arrangement and other laboratories were able to reproduce these results, producing the same material with the same elements in the same arrangement, then the substance must be a compound.