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List the properties of pure substance.


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Pure substance:

  • A substance is called as a pure substance if it is made up of just one type of molecules or particles.
  • Also, compounds can also be called as pure substances when they consist of two or more elements that are combined in a fixed proportion by their weight.
  • A pure substance is a mixture of homogeneous with invariable compositions which can exist in multiple phases.
  • Example: Pure ice water is an example of a pure substance.

List of the properties of pure substance:

  • Pure substances normally cannot be separated with the help of physical methods.
  • But, pure compounds can be easily separated into elements by using several suitable chemical methods.
  • Pure substances contain a fixed composition.
  • Pure substances also contain fixed density, melting point, boiling point, etc.

Hence, the above mentioned are the list of the properties of a pure substance.


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