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Explain why, a solution of salt in water is considered a mixture and not a compound.

(i) A mixture of salt in water is a homogeneous mixture because all the parts of salt solution have the same salt water composition and appears to be equally salty.

(ii) There is no visible boundary of separation between salt and water particles in a salt solution.


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