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If you love observing home hardware, you probably have stumbled upon the brass. It’s a pretty metal that is usually found in home decoration, screws, and electrical sockets. And if you love science, you probably are trying to find out: on which classification does brass belong? Is brass an element, compound, or mixture? Brass is…

Air is probably one of the most underrated matter in our lives. Even we often take it for granted. Just because we don’t actually ‘see’ it, doesn’t mean it’s not there. Of course it’s there. And it matters a lot in our daily life (I mean, we need air to breathe in right?). Now if…

Carbon dioxide is one of the most popular gases in science. We are so familiar with this gas. It’s used as a fire extinguisher, it’s used by plants for respiration, and as humans, we breathe out carbon dioxide. Now, if you take a moment to think about carbon dioxide, you probably are wondering what kind…

Copper is widely used in electrical wires. If you have observed various components of cables, you probably have seen copper. Now you probably are wondering, what kind of matter is copper? Is copper an element, compound, or mixture? Copper is an element. It has a single type of atom of copper (Cu). It’s a metal…

With so many kinds of unique matters on earth, it might be a bit overwhelming to figure out to which classification a matter belongs. Bismuth is a unique matter. You might not hear about it often. But this material does exist on earth. Is bismuth an element, compound, or mixture? Bismuth (Bi) is an element….

Gold is a beautiful matter that you can find in jewelry. In science, you can classify matters according to the physical property of it. Now you might be wondering, to which category does gold belong? Is gold an element, compound, or mixture? Pure gold is an element because it only consists of 1 type of…