Why is it easy to prove that a material is not an element?

Subject: Why is it easy to prove that a material is not an element?

Date: Thu Sep 7 02:11:36 2000
Posted by afox
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Area of science: Science History
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Their have been a number of false discoveries of new elements in the past 
200 years.  Why have their been so many mistaken reports?  Why is is easy 
to prove that a material is not an element, but difficult to prove that a 
material is an element?

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