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Question
State why brass is considered as a homogenous mixture while a mixture of iron & sulphur – heterogenous.
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Solution
BRASS is HOMOGENOUS because the mixture is just the same throughout and its constituents cannot be distinguished from each other i.e. composition is the same throughout.
Whereas in Heterogenous mixture of iron and sulphur, the constituents. It can be separated easily by a magnet, the particles can be distinguished from each other and composition is not uniform.
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