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Mercury is an element and therefore a pure substance.

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Is mercury substance or mixture?

Mercury is a pure substance, more specifically it is an element.


Is Hg pure substance a homogeneous mixture or a heterogeneous mixture?

Pure Substance.Hg stands for mercury. A pure substance is made of only one type of atom or molecule. Since mercury is an element, it is a pure substance.


Is mercury a homogeneous mixture?

Pure Mercury is homogeneous and is an element, which is a pure substance, and not a mixture. There is little chance that you will encounter pure mercury because it exists only in textbooks. In reality, there are always other impurities mixed and dissolved in the mercury. The liquid mercury obtained from chemical suppliers claims to be at least 99.99% pure. This would be a pure substance, not a mixture, only if it were 100% pure. "Close to pure" is not pure. "Pure" only exists in textbooks.


Is mercury oxide a mixture or a compound?

Mercury oxide is a compound. It is a chemical substance composed of mercury and oxygen atoms that are chemically bonded together in a fixed ratio.


Is a mercury alloy or amalgam considered a compound?

An amalgam is a substance formed by the reaction of some other substance, ANY substance, with mercury. Almost all metals can form amalgams with mercury, notable exceptions being iron and platinum. So the answer would depend on what you wish to amalgamate with mercury.


Is Mercury a homogeneous or a heterogeneous mixture?

Oh, dude, Mercury is definitely a homogeneous mixture. It's all the same stuff throughout, like when you mix sugar in your coffee and it dissolves completely. So yeah, Mercury is like that cool kid who always blends in perfectly wherever it goes.


Is iron a substance or a mixture?

An element - substance - NOT a mixture.


Is mercury an element a mixture or a compound?

Mercury is an element. it exists in liquid state.


What is a mixture of substance?

a mixture is not a substance


Is mercury a mixture?

Mercury is a "pure substance" in the sense that is an naturally occuring element on the Periodic Table. However, it can combine with some other elements in nature and so may not be found in its pure form. cinnabar (HgS) is a common form. That's 1 Mercury atom + 1 Sulfur atom.


What kind of substance is a mixture?

a mixture is not a substance


Is deodorant a pure substance or mixture?

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