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A mechanical mixture is generally considered to be a heterogeneous physical mixture, in which no chemical reactions take place and in which the two or more substances that are mixed can be clearly differenced through observation (it can be aided by a microscope). An example is a mixture of water and oil. A solution, however, is a homogeneous physical mixture, in which no chemical reactions take place, but in which the two or more substances that are mixed together are impossible to distinguish through any form of basic observation, as the components of the mixture are "mixed" at a molecular level. A good example is a mixture of water and sugar.

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