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Why do mixtures retain the properties of their constituents ?
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Mixtures retain the properties of their constituents because the constituents aren't chemically joined. A substance's properties change when it reacts chemically to form a new substance, but not when it's combined with another substance in a mixture. When a mixture forms there's no chemical reaction involved.
As an example, sodium chloride dissolves in water to form salt water, a mixture. This is a physical process. The salt water looks different from the solid sodium chloride,...
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Mixtures retain the properties of their constituents because the constituents aren't chemically joined. A substance's properties change when it reacts chemically to form a new substance, but not when it's combined with another substance in a mixture. When a mixture forms there's no chemical reaction involved.
As an example, sodium chloride dissolves in water to form salt water, a mixture. This is a physical process. The salt water looks different from the solid sodium chloride,...
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Mixtures retain the properties of their constituents because the constituents aren't chemically joined. A substance's properties change when it reacts chemically to form a new substance, but not when it's combined with another substance in a mixture. When a mixture forms there's no chemical reaction involved.
As an example, sodium chloride dissolves in water to form salt water, a mixture. This is a physical process. The salt water looks different from the solid sodium chloride, but when the water is evaporated the original salt remains. Just as it didn't react chemically when dissolving, there's no chemical reaction when it's separated from the water by evaporation. That is to say no chemical bonds are broken or formed.