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Is air not a pure substance?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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I don't think so. Our noses and our mouths have bacteria in them regardless of how many times we clean them; so when we exhale air, that bacteria must be going into the air as well.

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Air is NOT a pure substance. It is a mixture of several different gasses, not to mention some fine particulate matter as well.

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Correct. It is a mixture.

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