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Why is water a compound and not a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen?

April 26, 2017Chemistry compound Hydrogen Mathematics mixture oxygen water

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Why is water a compound and not a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen?

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In water, the gases hydrogen and oxygen have reacted with each other to form a liquid with different properties than the components. If you merely mix hydrogen and oxygen gases without causing them to react with each other, it is just a mixture of the two gases.