Meaning & use
homogeneous mixture
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Meaning
nouncountablechemistry
A combination of substances that is the same all the way through, so its parts cannot be seen separately.
Grammar: A countable noun: air is a homogeneous mixture.
Patterns
- a homogeneous mixture of something and something
Salt dissolved in water forms a homogeneous mixture.
Air is a homogeneous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen and other gases.
Stirring the paint thoroughly gave a homogeneous mixture of color.
Word forms
| plural | homogeneous mixtures |
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Common combinations
- form a homogeneous mixture
- Sugar and water form a homogeneous mixture.
- a homogeneous mixture of
- Brass is a homogeneous mixture of copper and zinc.
- homogeneous mixture or solution
- Students decide whether each sample is a homogeneous mixture or solution.
- uniform homogeneous mixture
- Blend until the batter is a uniform homogeneous mixture.
Synonyms and how they differ
- solution
- Solution is the most common kind of homogeneous mixture, with a dissolved substance, while the term mixture can also cover alloys and gases.
- blend
- Blend is everyday and does not promise perfect uniformity at the microscopic level.
Opposites
Word family
- homogeneous adjective
- uniform throughout
- homogeneity noun
- the state of being uniform
- homogenize verb
- to make uniform, as milk is
- mixture noun
- two or more substances combined
Commonly confused: homogeneous mixture or heterogeneous mixture?
homogeneous mixture vs heterogeneous mixture
In a heterogeneous mixture, such as salad or sand and gravel, you can see separate parts. A homogeneous mixture looks uniform.
Practice
Which is a homogeneous mixture?
Choose one answer.
Dissolved salt is evenly spread throughout the water, so the mixture is uniform. The others have visible separate parts.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “homogeneous mixture”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.