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.
A chemical compound (or just compound if used in the context of chemistry) is an entity consisting of two or more atoms, at least two from different elements, which associate via chemical bonds.
What is a compound? A compound is a pure substance composed of two or more elements that are chemically combined. Compounds can be written down using chemical formula which is a shorthand way used to represent them. For example the chemical formula of water is H2O. The compound water is composed of two elements, hydrogen and oxygen in the ratio of two to one. Each compounds as its own set of distinct properties which identifies it from other pure substances.