General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Seventh Edition

7th Edition

ISBN: 9781305767867

Author: H. Stephan Stoker

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 1, Problem 1.26EP

Assign each of the following descriptions of matter to one of the following categories: heterogeneous mixture, homogeneous mixture, or pure substance.

a. Three substances present, one phase present
b. One substance present, three phases present
c. One substance present, one phase present
d. Two substances present, three phases present

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