Question

difference between mixture and compound

Answer 1

The compound is the chemical combination of elements, bonded together in specific proportion. The mixture is the physical combination of substances, bonded together in any proportion.

While the compound is a pure substance, the mixture is an impure substance.

Answer 2

• Compounds

• Made from elements chemically bonded together.

• The properties of a compound are entirely different from its constituents.

• It has fixed melting and boiling point.

• Composition of a compound is fixed. It has definite formula.

♡ Example:- Water

• Mixtures

• It consists of two or more elements or compound not chemically combined together.

• It shows properties of it's constituents.

• It doesn't have fixed melting and boiling point.

• Composition of a mixture is variable.

♡ Example:- Air, salt solution.