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If a substance can be physically separated into its components, is it a pure substance or a mixture?

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It is a mixture .
A substance that can be physically separated into its compounds first need to get decomposed to get separated and is called a mixture...


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I think its pure substance since you are breaking into its components. For example if you were to break the components of salt apart (NaCl) You will be left with sodium and chloride which are the pure elements of salt. Therefore i believe pure is the best answer.
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