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Ink is a mixture of a pigment or dye with a liquid vehicle.
The pigment or dye is responsible for the ink's visible color.
The vehicle allows us to bring the color to its intended place and keep it there.
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Lela Lemke
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∙ 15y agoInk is a solution. It consists of a carrier, such as water, alcohol or oil and pigments. The carrier evaporates and leaves the pigments on the paper.
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Because it is either a suspension or a solution or a mixture of both. No pure substance yet identified will provide all that is needed of an ink.
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Only a substance can be categorized as an element, a compound, or a mixture. An ink pen is not a substance, it is an implement.Added:The 'ink' (IN a pen) is definitely a mixture,not an element or pure compound.
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