Barbara Gosselin, P.T. My interest in holistic healing began as the result of a simple suggestion by a friend, but was driven on by my own struggle with back pain. Barbara GosselinBack in the 1980s, I was on a very conventional path, having just received my Bachelorâs degree in Physical Therapy.
Compounds <br /> A compound is made up of two or more types of elements (e.g. water and carbon dioxide) that are chemically combined in a set ratio. They cannot be broken down into two or more simpler substances by physical means, only by chemical means. Properties of compounds differ from those of their elements.
TYPES OF COMPOUNDS. Ionic compounds are compounds composed of ions, charged particles that form when an atom. (or group of atoms) gains or loses electrons. (A cation is a positively charged ion; an anion is a. negatively charged ion.) Covalent ormolecular compounds form when elementsshare. electrons in a covalent bond to form molecules. Molecular compounds are elec trically neutral. Metal + Nonmetal ï£§â ionic compound (usually)