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by leons1701 on May 24th, 2009
I think you are confusing a substance and an element. Water is a substance made up of bonded hydrogen and oxygen. Distilled water is pure because it contains nothing but water molecules. It is immaterial what elements are in the molecules, the substance is pure because all the molecules are the same.
by Glenn Blaylock on May 24th, 2009
There is nothing in the definition of the word "substance" that requires the a pure substance be made up of just one element. A pure substance could also be made up of a single compound.
by Mr. Trizzae on May 24th, 2009
if the substance you want is water and you want it to be pure then what you want is the chemical make of hydrogen and oxygen with nothing else in it
by PrairieWind on May 24th, 2009
It doesn't have other elements dissolved in it,like minerals,iron etc
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