For example, 2 + 3 + 5 = 10 is an equation. Chemistry A written representation of a chemical reaction, in which the symbols and amounts of the reactants are separated from those of the products by an equal sign, arrow, or a set of opposing arrows. For example, Ca(OH) 2 + H 2 SO 4 = CaSO 4 + 2H 2 O, is an equation.
an element is a pure substance that is made from a single type of atom elements are the building blocks for all the rest of the matter in the world examples of elements include iron oxygen hydrogen gold and helium
A chemical element or element is a species of atoms having the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei (i.e. the same atomic number, or Z). There are 118 elements that have been identified, of which the first 94 occur naturally on Earth with the remaining 24 being synthetic elements.