Explain why milk is regarded as a mixture and not as a pure substance.
Milk is regarded as a mixture and not as a pure substance.
Mixture: When two or more substances (elements or compounds or an element and compound) are mixed in any proportion.
For a substance to be regarded as a pure substance, it needs to be comprised of only one kind of particle. These particles can comprise of only one element (in other words, one type of atom like in Hydrogen gas or more than one element (in other words, more than one type of atom-like in Water .