A homogeneous mixture is a type of chemical mixture made up of two or more components that cannot be differentiated when studied. Still, its components lose their characteristics and properties by the fact of being mixed, since the bonding does not produce chemical reaction.
A mixture is the result of the physical combination of two or more components that maintain their properties and unite to form suspensions, solutions, alloys and colloids. These are divided into two groups; homogeneous mixtures and heterogeneous mixtures. The former being impossible to separate through chemical processes, due to the union of its components, while in the latter the elements that compose it can be separated through chemical processes.
Every day, we make use of endless homogeneous mixtures that are an essential part of our daily life, these are really common and count (like all the others) of that main characteristic, of not being able to separate the components that make it up.
The following are ten examples of homogeneous mixtures, with which we live our day to day:
- Sugar water.
- Water with salt.
- Vinegar dissolved in water.
- Chlorine dissolved in water.
- Ink with water.
- Air is a homogeneous mixture, because it is the union of different gases such as; oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapor and other gases, which cannot be separated.
- The coffee (homogeneous mixture of water, sugar and coffee dissolved in it).
- Sea water, having water, salt and other dissolved minerals among its components, becomes a homogeneous mixture.
- The dough of a cake is also a homogeneous mixture, since having several ingredients in its structure (which cannot be separated after mixing) is part of this group.
- The aerosol deodorants have their place in this select group, because they are the mixture of fragrance, isobutane gas and alcohol, which are in a state liquid and atomized by the mechanism containers containing them. Also, these components cannot be separated by any chemical process.
