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Key Concepts

Heterogeneous Mixtures

A heterogeneous mixture is one in which the components are not uniformly distributed throughout the substance; different parts may differ in composition and properties. At a microscopic level, the atoms or molecules of the distinct compounds stay largely grouped together, creating clusters or domains that can be visually or conceptually distinguished from one another.

Homogeneous Mixtures

A homogeneous mixture has a uniform composition throughout, either at the macroscopic or molecular level. When mixed, the atoms or molecules of the different substances are evenly distributed, so that every small sample of the mixture has the same proportions of components, making it impossible to easily distinguish one substance from another using only visual inspection.

Compounds

A compound is a chemical substance formed when two or more elements bind together in fixed ratios through chemical bonds, resulting in unique properties distinct from the individual elements. Viewed microscopically, compounds are made up of repeating groups of atoms arranged in specific, predictable structures.

Elements

An element is a pure substance consisting entirely of one type of atom, characterized by a unique number of protons in its atomic nuclei. In microscopic representations, the atoms of an element are usually depicted as uniform and identical, serving as the basic building blocks in chemical reactions and mixtures.

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00:01 So this question is trying to achieve two things.

00:04 One, the first thing being the difference between, they want you to understand the difference between the compound and an element.

00:13 And the second is, what's the difference between a heterogeneous and a heterogeneous, sorry, a heterogeneous and a homogeneous solution? right.

00:23 So this problem is broken up into two parts.

00:26 And the first part is they are asking us to draw a heterogeneous solution of two compounds.

00:32 So i have a beaker of water.

00:34 This little blue squiggle is my water.

00:38 And i'm going to start drawing the two compounds.

00:41 So you'll notice, let's got the marker, you'll notice as i'm drawing this, you're going to see that the compound one and compound two are not.

00:56 Not evenly dispersed throughout the solution.

01:00 So let's say that you drop two things in water, and you'll notice that one of them flows towards the top of the water and one of them stays towards the bottom of the water.

01:11 Or a perfect example of this is adding something like gasoline or oil to a mixture of water.

01:18 So you'll notice that the oil and the water will not mix.

01:26 So if you were to mix oil and water together, so let's just say that the top isn't made of water anymore.

01:33 So let's just assume that i erase this whole thing.

01:36 Right.

01:36 So let's say that compound two is water and compound one is oil.

01:40 You'll notice that all of the water is staying towards the bottom and all of the oil is staying on top.

01:47 So essentially the oil will be floating above the water in a mixture that is not evenly or the compounds or the components are not evenly dispersed throughout the solution...

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