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What is a characteristic of mixtures

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A mixture is a combination of at least two substances that can be separated from each other. This distinguishes them from compounds, which are made up of two or more substances that cannot be separated because they are chemically united.
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The easiest one to know of the characteristics of a mixture is that it doesn't have a fixed composition. Water, a compound, has 11.2%t hydrogen and 88.8% oxygen by weight.
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