Is copper an element, a compound or a mixture?

Elemental Copper is a mixture of two stable isotopes: approximately 70% copper atoms of mass number 63 and 30% of mass number 65. They both have 29 protons and 34 or 36 neutrons respectively. read more

Copper is an element, because it is composed of only one type of atom. A compound consists of two or more elements that are chemically bound together, and a mixture is a physical combination of two or more substances. read more

Anything appearing on the periodic table is a pure element, not a compound or a mixture. Copper (atomic symbol is Cu), is located in the right side, middle region of the Periodic Table and is an element, a metal element. read more