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Mixture

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A mixture is matter composed of two or more substances present in varying amounts and separable by physical changes.

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Salt water separates back into salt and water by evaporation, a physical process that breaks no chemical bonds.

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A mixture and a compound can look equally uniform; the test is whether the components pull apart without a chemical change.