Substances and Mixtures
Substances and Mixtures
Substances and Mixtures
& mixtures
substances
• A mixture is two or more substances that are physically blended but are
not chemically bonded together.
• The relative amounts of each substance in a mixture can vary.
• Granite, a type of rock, is a mixture. Granite contains bits that are white,
black, and other colors. Two pieces of granite will have different amounts
of each color bit. The composition of rocks varies.
GRANITE
mixture
• Rocks and air are examples of the two different types of mixtures—
heterogeneous and homogeneous.
• It’s not always easy to identify a mixture. A rock looks like a mixture, but
air does not.
heterogeneous mixtures
• Blood looks evenly mixed—its color and texture are the same throughout.
• Suppose you compare two samples of blood under a microscope. They
will look different. The samples will contain different amounts of the
components (plasma, rbc, wbc, platelets)
homogeneous mixtures
H20 C6H12O6
C6H12O6 H20
heterogeneous homogeneous
mixture mixture
evenly
one sugar
substances soil
colour
mixed water
granite
and
but
blood
not texture
not
evenlybonded
mixed
also
can seelooks called
fruit
salt
different
the samesolutions
salad
water
partsthroughout
with an unaided
how do compounds and
mixtures differ?