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What is another name for a homogeneous mixture?


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Definition

  1. Those mixtures in which the substances are completely mixed together and are indistinguishable from one another are called homogeneous mixtures.
  2. All the homogeneous mixture is also called a solution.
  3. A homogeneous mixture has a uniform composition throughout its mass.

Examples

  1. A mixture of sugar in water is called a sugar solution and it is a homogeneous mixture because all the parts of the sugar solution have the same sugar-water composition and appear to be equally sweet.
  2. A mixture of alcohol and water is also an example of a homogeneous mixture.
  3. Unpolluted air is a homogeneous mixture of gases like Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon, Carbon dioxide, and water vapor, etc.

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