Question

Write 'true' or 'false' for the following statement:

A chemical compound may occur either homogeneous or heterogeneous in nature.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Correct statement: A chemical compound occurs homogeneously in nature.

• When one or more atoms of the same or different elements combine with each other chemically, a compound is formed.
• For example - $\mathrm{Water}\left({\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}\right),\mathrm{Sodium}\mathrm{chloride}\left(\mathrm{NaCl}\right),\mathrm{Sugar}\left({\mathrm{C}}_{12}{\mathrm{H}}_{22}{\mathrm{O}}_{11}\right),\mathrm{etc}.$
• In a compound, atoms of the same or different elements are always combined in a fixed ratio by mass.
• Due to this, a compound always has a uniform composition. Or in simple words, we can say that chemical compounds are always homogenous in nature.

Hence, the above statement is False.