Question

State three reasons why do you think air is a mixture and water is a compound

Answer 1

Answer:

air is mixture because.....

1) it is mixture of various gases like nitrogen, carbon dioxide , oxygen and many inert gas.

2) there is variable composition.

3) moreover dust particles and water vapour is present.

and water is a compound because.......

1) it compounds are bound together chemically.

2) it components cannot be separated by physical means.

Answer 2

Answer:

1)Air is a mixture because the gases can't be separated using physical methods.

2)The gases in the air doesn't have a fixed ratio.

3)Ion will not retain the property of starting material.

Water is considered as a compound as it has a fixed ratio of hydrogen and oxygen ie. 1:8.

Water can't be separated by the physical methods.

Ions wil retain the property of starting material.

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