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PURE SUBSTANCE |
Simply a substance |
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ELEMENT |
when all of the atoms in a substance are the same |
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COMPOUND |
A substance that contains 2 or more elements in a FIXED proportion |
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HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURE |
Mixture in which different materials can be distinguished easily |
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HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE |
Contains two or more gaseous, liquid, or solid substances blended evenly throughout |
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SOLUTION |
A homogeneous mixture of particles so small that a microscope would be needed to see them and will never settle to the bottom of the container |
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COLLOID |
A type of mixture with particles that are LARGER then those in a solution but not heavy enough to settle out |
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TYNDALL EFFECT |
Scattering of light by colloidal particles |
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SUSPENSION |
Heterogeneous mixture containing a liquid in which visible particles settle |
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PHYSICAL PROPERTY |
Any characteristic of a material that you can observe without changing the identity of the substances that make up the material |