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Rubbing alcohol is not a pure substance, it is made up of a mixture. It is good to rub this mixture on cuts to keep them from getting infected.

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Is rubbing alcohol a substance or mixture?

Rubbing alcohol is not a pure substance, it is made up of a mixture. It is good to rub this mixture on cuts to keep them from getting infected.


Is alcohol with seventy percent rubbing a substance or a mixture?

Rubbing alcohol is not a substance because it is not pure, it is a mixture of (more than 4) compounds, one of which is ethyl alcohol, among water, isopropyl alcohol and detergent (soap)


Is an alcoholic drink a pure substance?

Rubbing alcohol is a solution. What you buy labeled as rubbing alcohol is a mixture of various concentrations of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, and water, usually around 70% alcohol and the rest water.


Is rubbing alcohol a heterogeneous mixture?

No, rubbing alcohol is a homogeneous mixture because its components (isopropyl alcohol and water) are evenly distributed throughout the solution.


Is rubbing alcohol homogeneous mixture?

Yes, rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) is a homogeneous mixture because it consists of a single phase with uniform composition throughout, typically containing 70% isopropyl alcohol and 30% water.


Is rubbing alcohol mixture a compounds or solution?

Rubbing alcohol is actually a mixture. To be specific it is a homogeneous mixture.


Is rubbing alcohol with seventy percent alcohol a substance or a mixture?

Chemically speaking alcohol is meant to be ethanol, which is a pure compound with formula CH3CH2OH, it definitely is not a mixture, except when 'dissolved' in water (most stable solution: 4% water + 96% ethanol. (This is what you get when buying a bottle pure ethanol)rubbing alcohol is a mixtureIf you were to take 'alcohol' into a more specific definition an alcohol is really a hydrocarbon with the functional groupSo if it were, well i would say, 100% ethanol then it would be a compound.


What happens when you mix rubbing alcohol and glue?

There is no reaction, you simply get a mixture of rubbing alcohol and methanol.


Is rubbing alcohol an example of suspension?

No, rubbing alcohol is not an example of suspension. A suspension is a heterogeneous mixture in which particles are suspended in a medium but can settle out over time. Rubbing alcohol is a homogeneous mixture of isopropyl alcohol and water, where the components are uniformly distributed throughout.


Is rubbing alcohol a mixture or solution?

It's a solution... but solutions are mixtures.


What is the chemical formula rubbing alcohol?

Rubbing alcohol is a mixture of ethanol, iso-propanol, a dye etc.


What is rubbing alcohol made of?

It is a mixture of denatured alcohol, water and agents added to make the alcohol unpalatable to drink and sometimes colorants. There are two common types of rubbing alcohol, Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol and Ethyl Alcohol Rubbing Alcohol.