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Question
Give two reasons for supposing that water is a compound and not a mixture.
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Solution
Water is a compound because:
- Water cannot be split into its constituents, hydrogen and oxygen, by physical methods.
- It can only be separated into its constituents by chemical processes.
- The properties of water are entirely different from those of its constituents.
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