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If you love cooking, you probably are familiar with vinegar. This liquid substance is amazing. It has a distinctive flavor that can be added to various cuisines. And if you love science, you probably are wondering, what kind of matter vinegar is. Is vinegar an element, compound, or mixture? Vinegar is a mixture that contains…

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…

If you love doing experiments in the laboratory, you probably have heard about pure water. Is pure water an element, compound, or mixture? Pure water that contains only H2O molecule is a compound. It is composed of two different elements i.e. hydrogen and oxygen that bond chemically in a fixed proportion. Thus, pure water is…

If you love doing experiment in the chemistry lab or microbiology lab, you must be familiar with alcohol. Alcohol has various functions in the laboratory from sterilization, gram staining, to DNA extractions. Now you probably are wondering about what type of matter an alcohol is. Is alcohol an element, compound, or mixture? Alcohol is a…

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…

With so many substances to learn in Chemistry, it might be a bit overwhelming to distinguish between one and another. Especially when we cannot see the substance with naked eye. One of the substances that we don’t always see everyday is krypton. If you love science, you might have heard the word ‘Krypton’ mentioned several…