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Is crude oil a pure substance or mixture?
it is a mixture
Is oil and water a pure substance?
Crude oil is a mixture of short to long chain hydrocarbons. It has to be separated into many different fractions to become usable. It may also contain mineral impurities due to it being underground
What are some examples that are like pure substances but are not pure substances?
Salt water or sugar water can appear to be pure substances because the dissolved solutes may be invisible. In gunpowder (black powder), the compounds potassium nitrate, sulfur, and carbon are all well mixed but represent a mixture, not a pure substance. Petroleum (oil) is actually a mixture of sveral difference complex hydrocarbons formed by the same process, and these can be separated by fractional distillation.
How is something is a mixture?
consists of two or more different elements and/or compounds physically intermingled, can be separated into its components by physical means, and often retains many of the properties of its components
What is the chemical formula of Jatropha oil?
Jatropha oil itself is a substance. So not being a (pure) compund, it has no chemical formula. It might be toxic.There are tens of different formulas, because it's not a pure chemical by itself but a mixture. It is a non-food, biodiesel energy oil from pressed seeds (35% oil) of Jatropha curcas(plant family: Euphorbiaceae).
Is oil and water is substance or element?
A mixture of oil and water is a mixture, not an element. If by substance you mean not a pure substance (element or compound), then oil and water would be a substance (that is a mixture). If you mean oil and water separately, then oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, and water is a compound (pure substance).
Is crude oil a pure substance or mixture?
it is a mixture
Is petroleum a mixture or a pure substance?
Oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons.
Is vegetable oil and water a pure substance or mixture?
It would be an mixture
Why vegetable oil is both a pure substance or mixture?
It is a mixture.
Is vegetable oil a pure substance or a mixture?
both
Is oil plus water a pure substance?
No: It is a mixture.
Is olive oil a pure substance?
No. It is a mixture.
Is olive oil a mixture or a pure substance?
It can be either. It is very often soybean oil, but can be a mixture of several. That is if it is labeled just cooking oil. If it is corn, canola, olive or some stated type, it should only be that kind.
Is baby oil a a pure substance or a mixture?
it is a solution because no particles are visible in it. pure substances are like elements because they are at there smallest form. parts are visible i mixture and easy to separate.
Is cooking oil an homogeneous mixture or heterogeneous mixture?
If the sugar does not dissolve it the oil, then it is not
What is the chemical symbol for the compound oil?
This is not a pure substance, it's a mixture, so there's none
