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Which of the following is likely to be a pure substance?
A) A colourless liquid that boils over the range 70oC to 80oC.
B) A green solid which starts to melt to 80oC and is completely melted at 90oC.
C) A white solid which produces a chromatogram consisting of only one spot.
D) A brown liquid that is completely miscible with water.

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A substance is called a pure substance if and only if it has a fixed melting point and boiling point.
(A)Liquid has boiling point in range 7080oc.So,no fixed point -not pure.
(B)The melting point varies from 8090oc.so,not pure.
(C)Chromatogram gives only one spot-Pure substance.
(D)Brown liquid has some water in it.-impure.

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