Well, cornstarch is made form corn, which is vegetable, so it is not mineral. It is supplied as a superfine powder.
Yes, but it will not become solid. Freezing may extent the shelf life of cornstarch.
cornstarch and water
An emulsion is a mixture of two immiscible liquids. Cornstarch is a solid and this mixture is a suspension.
it is both because the cornstarch
It's a non-Newtonian fluid so it's not completely a solid. The chemical bonds in corn starch are very long and stringy and when water comes in it breaks them apart making it a liquid. The solid part is when it is squished together it makes a solid.
Gooey cornstarch is in a non-Newtonian state of matter called a suspension, in which the cornstarch particles are suspended in a liquid (typically water). This mixture has properties of both a solid and a liquid, exhibiting characteristics of both states of matter depending on the force applied to it.
no however a mineral is a crystalline solid.
No. By definition a mineral is a crystalline solid.
When it is not a solid
Uncombined oxygen is a gas, not a solid, which is a requirement of a mineral.A mineral by definition is a solid with a crystal structure.
By definition a mineral must be solid. Ice is solid. Water is not.
Because a solid is a material in that given state, water can be a solid without being a mineral and many other things that aren't solid at normal temp can be solid without being a mineral.