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Mercury is an element and is therefore a pure substance. There are no other elements in it.

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Is Mercury a heterogeneous?

No, mercury is a pure substance.


Is mercury substance or mixture?

Mercury is a pure substance, more specifically it is an element.


Is Hg pure substance a homogeneous mixture or a heterogeneous mixture?

Pure Substance.Hg stands for mercury. A pure substance is made of only one type of atom or molecule. Since mercury is an element, it is a pure substance.


Is mercury a homogeneous mixture?

Pure Mercury is homogeneous and is an element, which is a pure substance, and not a mixture. There is little chance that you will encounter pure mercury because it exists only in textbooks. In reality, there are always other impurities mixed and dissolved in the mercury. The liquid mercury obtained from chemical suppliers claims to be at least 99.99% pure. This would be a pure substance, not a mixture, only if it were 100% pure. "Close to pure" is not pure. "Pure" only exists in textbooks.


Is Mercury a substance or mixture?

Mercury is an element and therefore a pure substance.


Is mercury a mixture?

Mercury is a "pure substance" in the sense that is an naturally occuring element on the Periodic Table. However, it can combine with some other elements in nature and so may not be found in its pure form. cinnabar (HgS) is a common form. That's 1 Mercury atom + 1 Sulfur atom.


Is mercury pure substance or mixtures?

Mercury is pure. On the periodic chart of elements it is listed as element number 80 and is represented by the symbol "Hg."


Why is cinnabar not a pure substance?

Cinnabar is not a pure substance because it is a mineral composed of mercury sulfide and may contain impurities or other elements mixed in its crystalline structure. This impurity affects the chemical composition of cinnabar, making it a mineral rather than a pure substance.


Is mercury a pure or mixed substance?

Mercury is an element, which means it is pure. But sometimes it can probably have other metals or chemicals or impurities in it. Most thermometers use alcohol or are electronic now, mercury ones aren't used as much.


Is water the only pure substance?

No, anything with atoms of a single element is a pure substance. For example (DO NOT TRY IT), but JUST picture a glass filled with mercury (Hg). if there are only Hg molecules, then it is a pure substance.


Is acetone a pure substance or mixture?

pure substance, propanone


What substance is a pure element?

Diamond, for one. Also, gold, silver, lead, mercury, to name just a few.