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Q: How can you tell that granite and basalt are not pure substance?
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What does a chemical formula tell you about a pure substance?

It tells you the elements and the proportions of those elements that are present to make the pure substance.


What are two reasons why density is a useful property identifying substances?

Density can tell you how "pure" a substance is. Since each substance has a specific density in its "pure" state, having no other substances in its composition, by measuring it density you can tell how pure the mineral or substance is, 99.9% pure gold.


What are two reasons why density is a useful property for identifying substances?

Density is specific for each substance. Also the measurement is generally simple.


How do you tell pure and mixture apart?

a pure substance only has one element and a mixture has many different compounds


How could you prove to someone that a clear material is a solution not compound?

well Tell the person its a pure substance so a pure substance can only compound one matter


How could you tell a pure substance from a solution if you didnt know what was in it?

The purity is determined by chemical analysis.


What famous statues are made from basalt?

soulja boy tell em


Can you tell if a liquid is a pure substance or a solution by looking at it?

No. On the visible and even the microscopic level a solution is indistinguishable from a pure substance.


How can you tell that the sandstone was not deposited on top of the basalt?

The sandstone layer is older than the basalt. The older rock cannot be on top of the younger rock. The sandstone and the basalt (or basalt dike) are both deposited at the same depth.


How can you tell that the sandstone was not deposited on top of basalt layers?

The sandstone layer is older than the basalt. The older rock cannot be on top of the younger rock. The sandstone and the basalt (or basalt dike) are both deposited at the same depth.


How can you tell a pure substance from a mature by its boiling point?

take water for example, if water boils at 100 degrees Celsius then it is pure. if the boiling temperature turns out to be higher or lower (most of the time it is higher) then a substance is impure. salt water boils at 102.8 degrees Celsius.


How can a chemical change help you tell the difference between a compound and an element?

A chemical change can help you tell the difference between an element and a compound because an element is a pure substance that cannot be broken down or separated into other pure substances through chemical change while a substance that is made from two or more elements that have combined in a chemical change are known as compounds.