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Is an ore a compound or mixture?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Ores such as iron oxide is a compound and not a mixture due to two reasons:

i. iron atoms being chemically bonded (not physically mixed) to oxygen atoms forming iron oxide;

ii. the separation of iron from its oxide requires a chemical reaction.

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