Differentiate between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures with… - Vidyadip

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Differentiate between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures with suitable examples.

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Homogeneous mixture	Heterogeneous mixture
These are called as solutions	These are called as suspensions/colloids
Substances are Uniformly distributed	These substances are Unevenly distributed
These are not visible to the naked eye, but visible through the microscope	These are easily visible to the naked eye and also through a microscope
The particles appear smaller in size	The particles are either smaller or larger in size
These are pure substances	These are not pure substances
They represent the same physical properties	They do not possess the same physical properties
Examples include milk, gasoline, sugar solution, corn oil, fog, etc	Examples are a mixture of mud & water, beach sand, vinegar, air cloud, etc

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