Question

What is "homogeneous" and "heterogeneous"? Explain briefly with example.​

Answer 1

ᴍɪxᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ʜᴏᴍᴏɢᴇɴᴇᴏᴜꜱ ᴏʀ ʜᴇᴛᴇʀᴏɢᴇɴᴇᴏᴜꜱ': ᴀ ᴍɪxᴛᴜʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛɪᴛᴜᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴅɪꜱᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴇᴅ ᴜɴɪꜰᴏʀᴍʟy ɪꜱ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ʜᴏᴍᴏɢᴇɴᴇᴏᴜꜱ, ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀꜱ ꜱᴀʟᴛ ɪɴ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ, ᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴡɪꜱᴇ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ʜᴇᴛᴇʀᴏɢᴇɴᴇᴏᴜꜱ, ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀꜱ ꜱᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ. ᴏɴᴇ ᴇxᴀᴍᴩʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴍɪxᴛᴜʀᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀɪʀ.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Mixtures can be either homogeneous or heterogeneous': a mixture in which constituents are distributed uniformly is called homogeneous, such as salt in water, otherwise it is called heterogeneous, such as sand in water. One example of a mixture is air.