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Is salt water an example oy a compound?

Updated: 8/15/2021
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Salt water is NOT a compound. Salt water is a SOLUTION.

The SOLUTE being sodium chloride (salt) and the SOLVENT being water.

Sodium Chloride , when not dissolved in water is a compound , similarly water is a compound.

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Water is a compound, salt is a compound, salt water is just a mixture and not a seprate compound.

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