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An element is a pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical changes.
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Heating pure iron, however strongly, never separates it into two or more different substances.
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A sample looking uniform does not make it an element — check whether it resists chemical breakdown, not only its appearance.