ClassiOfMaterials Flashcards
What are the two classifications of matter?
Pure substances and mixtures
What are pure substances?
They are substances made up of only one kind of particle and have a fixed structure
What are mixtures?
a compound made up of two or more chemical components that are not chemically linked. A mixture is a physical blend of two or more substances that preserve their identities and are blended in the form of solutions, suspensions, or colloids.They are the combination of two or more substances that cant be separated using physical means
What are the types of pure susbtances?
Elements and compounds
What is an element?
the simplest chemical substances in which all the atoms are exactly the same
What are compounds?
It is a substance formed when two or more elements chemically bond together. cannot be separated by physical means
what are the two types of mixtures?
homogenous and heterogenous
what are heterogenous mixtures?
they are mixtures with a composition that is not uniform all throughouy
what are homogenous mixtures?
mixtures that contain two or more substances that are evenly distributed with each other.