Chemistry – Mixtures Verified Solutions

Chemistry – Mixtures Verified Solutions compound ️2 or more substances chemically combined e.g carbon dioxide element ️substance which cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical reaction atom ️smallest piece of an element which has the same chemical properties of that element made up of atomic particles: protons, neutrons, electrons mixture ️2 or more substances physically combined types: homogeneous/ heterogeneous e.g. salt water, seasoning, air heterogeneous mixture ️used to describe substances non-uniform in composition; not evenly mixed muddy water soup cookie batter smoke in air homogeneous ️used to describe substances uniform in composition; components are distributed evenly throughout the mixture e.g. sugar water salt water coke mechanical mixtures ️solid/ solid mixtures that are unevenly mixed e.g. saffron and salt soil black pepper and salt suspensions ️mixture in which solid or liquid particles are suspended in a liquid of gas (heterogeneous mixture) colloids` ️mixture in which particles of one substance are dispersed in another substance; particles do not dissolve or settle (heterogeneous mixture) solution ️mixture in which its components are evenly mixed; formed when one or more solutes dissolves in solvent (homogeneous mixture) solute ️substance that dissolves solvent ️substance that the solute dissolves in and forms the bulk of the solution dilute solution ️contains small amount of solute and a large amount of solvent