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Question
List four characteristics of a mixture.
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Solution
Four characteristics of a mixture:
- The mixture has no fixed composition.
- To form mixture energy is neither produced nor evolved.
- The mixture has no fixed melting points and boiling points.
- Mixture retains the properties of its components.
- Components of mixtures can be separated by simple physical methods.
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