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If you love spending time by the sea or at the beach, you probably are so familiar with saltwater. Salt water or saline water mostly comes from the sea, although you can also make it at home. You might be wondering to which classification salt water belongs to. Is salt water an element, compound, or…

Salt is an important thing in the kitchen. If you love food or cooking, you must be very familiar with the look or taste of salt. Now, you might be wondering, to which category does a salt belong in science? Is salt an element, compound, or mixture? Salt (Sodium Chloride) is a compound because it…

Anything in this world that has mass and volume is considered a matter. Tap water a.k.a the water that comes from your kitchen faucet or bathroom faucet is also a matter because you can measure its weight and volume. Now let’s talk about the classification. Is tap water an element, compound, or mixture? Tap water…

Rust happens when an iron gets wet and exposed to oxygen. Is rust an element, compound, or mixture? Rust a.k.a ferric oxide is a chemical compound. It is composed of different elements i.e. iron (Fe) and oxygen (O) that bond chemically in a fixed proportion. Thus, it’s neither an element nor a mixture. Yes, rust…

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…