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A student completely dissolves some salt in a beaker of water. which one of these statements does not describe the salt and water? a.mixture b.compound c.solution d.homogeneous
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A student completely dissolves some salt in a beaker of water. which one of these statements does not describe the salt and water?

a.mixture
b.compound
c.solution
d.homogeneous

User Lodewijk Bogaards
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A compound is a substance in which the constituent elements can not be separated by simple physical process.
Salt water is a mixture, homogeneous ,solution but not compound because you can separate the salt from water by boiling the water
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