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"Steel" is a mixture because it does not designate a constant composition: There are many kinds of steel with varying composition. Also, even if one considers only a kind of steel with a specified composition, its physical properties at apparent equilibrium under specific conditions of temperature and pressure can vary, dependent on heat treatment and other history. A proper compound does not behave this way.

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