A substance is either an element or a solution, compound, heterogeneous mixture, or homogenous?

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Elena Floyd

2 July, 10:20

A substance is either an element or a solution, compound, heterogeneous mixture, or homogenous?

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Koen Jacobson · Answer 1

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Chemical element is represented by a symbol.

Solution is any homogeneous mixture.

Chemical substance is represented by a formula.

The substances in whose formulas only appear atoms of a chemical element are called simple substances. When there are atoms of more than one chemical element, it is a compound substance or chemical compound. Mixture is a system made up of two or more pure substances, called components.

The mixtures can be classified as homogeneous and heterogeneous. The difference between them is that the homogeneous mixture is a solution that presents a single phase while the heterogeneous can present two or more phases.