HOMOGENEOUS

AND
HETEROGENOUS
MIXTURES
 MIXTURE
• REFERS TO THE PHYSICAL COMBINATION OF TWO OR MORE
SUBSTANCES IN WHICH THE IDENTITIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL
SUBSTANCES ARE RETAINED.
 HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE
• IS A MIXTURE OF TWO OR MORE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES (ELEMENTS OR
COMPOUNDS), WHERE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS CANNOT BE VISUALLY
DISTINGUISHED.
• ONE PHASE UNIFORM IN APPEARANCE

EXAMPLE:
1. SALT + WATER = SALT WATER MIXTURE
 HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURE
• IS A MIXTURE OF TWO OR MORE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES (ELEMENTS OR
COMPOUNDS), WHERE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS CAN BE VISUALLY
DISTINGUISHED AND EASILY SEPARATED BY PHYSICAL MEANS.
• TWO OR MORE OBSERVABLE PHASES

EXAMPLE:
OIL + WATER = OIL AND WATER MIXTURE
 THESE ARE SOME WAYS YOU CAN SEPARATE
MIXTURES:
• DECANTATION – THE PARTICLES OF THE MIXTURES ARE ALLOWED TO SETTLE
DOWN AND LESS DENSE PARTICLES ARE POURED OFF.
• EXAMPLE:
• A. COOKING OIL + WATER (COOKING OIL IS LESS DENSE, HENCE IT FLOATS IN
WATER AND CAN BE POURED OFF)
• B. RICE GRAIN + WATER (RICE WASHING CAN BE POURED OFF).
• DISTILLATION - INVOLVES THE PROCESS OF EVAPORATION AND CONDENSATION.
EXAMPLE:
a. PURIFYING SEAWATER (AS HEAT IS APPLIED WATER EVAPORATES AND WHITE
CRYSTAL RESIDUES REMAIN)
b. B. ALCOHOL IN WATER (AS HEAT IS APPLIED, ALCOHOLS EVAPORATED FIRST
WHILE WATER REMAINS)
• FILTRATION IS THE PROCESS OF SEPARATING FILTRATE FROM THE RESIDUE BY
PASSING THROUGH THE FILTER PAPER OR STRAINER.
FILTRATE - THE LIQUID THAT PASSES THROUGH THE FILTER PAPER.
RESIDUE - IS THE SOLID WHICH REMAINS IN THE FILTER PAPER.