In chemistry, a mixture is a material made up of two or more different substances. Mixtures can be either homogeneous or heterogeneous’: a mixture in which constituents are distributed uniformly is called homogeneous, otherwise it is called heterogeneous, such as sand in water. A homogeneous mixture has the same proportions of its components throughout any given sample and is also referred to as a solution. Conversely, a heterogenous mixture has components of which proportions vary throughout the sample.
About Mixture in brief
In chemistry, a mixture is a material made up of two or more different substances which are physically combined. Mixtures can be either homogeneous or heterogeneous’: a mixture in which constituents are distributed uniformly is called homogeneous, otherwise it is called heterogeneous, such as sand in water. A homogeneous mixture has the same proportions of its components throughout any given sample and is also referred to as a solution. Conversely, a heterogenous mixture has components of which proportions vary throughout the sample. In practical terms, if the property of interest of the mixture is the same regardless of which sample of it is taken for the examination used, it is said to be homogeneous.
In physical chemistry and materials science this refers to substances and mixtures which are in a single phase. This is in contrast to a substance that is heterogeneous. A solution is a special type of homogenous mixture where the ratio of solute to solvent remains the same throughout the solution and the particles are not visible with the naked eye, even if homogenized with multiple sources. In solutions, solutes will not settle out after any period of time and they can’t be removed by physical methods, like a filter or centrifuge. In gas, intermolecular space is the greatest—and intermolescular force of attraction is least.
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