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cm16
cm16
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High School - 11th Grade

What are some examples of homogeneous mixtures and heterogeneous mixtures?

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Posted by cm16 on Thursday November 6, 2008 at 6:29 PM and tagged with chemistry, heterogeneous, homogeneous, mixtures, solutions.


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  1. melony82
    melony82 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

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    A compound is a chemical combination of two or more elements in definite proportions.  For example, two hydrogen molecules + one oxygen molecule= one water molecule.  A solution is a physical combination of two or more chemicals mixed evenly (salt that is dissolved in water).  Solutions are also known as homogenous mixtures.  A mechanical mixture is a physical combination of two or more chemicals that are not evenly mixed (hot fudge on ice cream). Mechanical mixtures are also known as heterogenous mixtures.

    Examples:  

    Homogenous: milk, kool-aid, blood, lotion, window cleaner, glue, etc.

    Heterogenous: pizza, cereal and milk, rocks in the sand at the beach, banana splits, etc. 

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    Posted by melony82 on Friday November 7, 2008 at 8:51 AM

  2. charles85
    charles85 Student
    Community / Jr. College

    Homogeneous mixture is a mixture whose material property does not change along any dimension.

    If the mixture’s characteristic property changes with respect to dimension it is called the heterogeneous mixture.

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    Posted by charles85 on Friday November 21, 2008 at 12:30 AM

  3. panther75
    panther75 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    im in grade 7 and I know about these things an example of a solution is coke or pepsi and a mechanical mixture is ........example PIZZAAA

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    Posted by panther75 on Monday October 19, 2009 at 3:52 PM