What is a compound and why is it not a mixture?

Is it a compound or mixture?

  • Is paper a compound or mixture? Is plastic a compound or mixture? Are people a compound or a mixture? OK those r my questions Please answer if you can:) And if you got it ...show more

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    A coumpound consists of 2 or more elements, chemically combined, in a fixed proportion, according to their mass. A molecule consists of 2 or more aioms chemically combined , in a fixed proportion, according to their mass. For example O2 is not a compound, but H2O is both. Mechanical mixture shave 2 or more phases visible, as compared to solutions. Milk, tomato juice, and potato salad are mechanical mixtures. NaCl dissolved in water is a solution. having oly one phase visible.

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Paper is a compound Plastic is a compound Humans are a compound, the reason I think people are compounds is because my 6th grade science teacher says that compounds are 2 elements or whatever combined into one of something that's how I think of it but I'm not really good at science so don't take my answer

Donovan

Paper is a *mixture* of different chemicals (compounds) and materials. Pure plastics are compounds. People are a mixture of different chemicals.

Sean Jones

Compound Compound Mixture I positive about this.

Emma

Paper is compound plastic is compound & people also they are compound

youliya

paper is a compound Plastic is a compound Humans are a mixure (this is because several things inside of a human are mixtures such as blood, tissue..ect.)

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