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Can you tell if a liquid is a pure substance or a solution by looking at it?
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∙ 12y ago
No. On the visible and even the microscopic level a solution is indistinguishable from a pure substance.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoCheck melting / boiling point or boil off the solvent, leaving the solute behind. If it all boils off at one point, it is pure. If it boils off leaving one substance behind, it is a solution.
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