If you had to choose, would you consider electricity an element or a compound?

Answer 1

This is kind of like asking whether an apple should be considered a fish or a reptile. It is neither one.

An element is a category of atom. A compound is a substance composed of elements. Electricity is neither of those. It is the flow of charge. Often (but not always) it is caused by flowing electrons; and electrons are parts of elements and compounds. But that's where the similarity ends.

Answer 2

I must say this is a question of depth here....Is light a wave or a particle? is electricity an element or a compound. When we talk of shifting electrons along a conductor we talk of bumping outermost rings of tightly held bonds. this little bump we describe as an emf and this is the emf of an electron . Is the electron of copper the same as the electron of carbon ? If not then why the required force to create this bump...? An element is a combination of little parts of itself and these little parts are proposed to have the same value across the periodic chart so in its deepest sense the electricity we use is an elements part at all times......2008 is not far away...from the E...

Answer 3

element because a compound can be weighed. Am I right or wrong?

Answer 4

Electricity is the movement of electrons by way of a conductor or conductors in a closed circuit so I guess it is closer to an element than it is a compound but you really can not consider it either one. Certain compounds will not conduct electricity under normal voltage applications. I don`t know if that is true of certain elements or not. I don`t know of any reason why you would ever have to make the choice in your question.

Answer 5

Well, in the Greek sense, I think the elements were something like Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water, so there is something very basic about an energy source like Fire. By that thinking, I'd say electricity is closer to an Element.

Answer 6

Isotope H1 is one electron,along with H2 H3...

Answer 7

element

Answer 8

ummm it's neither. It is the flow of electrons. I suppose if those were my ONLY two choices though, I'd go with an element, as electrons are a component of atoms, which are then components of compounds.