Part one of term paper
What do the following have in common: the air you breath, the water in the oceans, the fluid in your body, and the brass in a button? Although they may sound unrelated, all of these examples describe mixtures. Very few of the materials you encounter everyday are pure substances. Most are heterogenous mixtures or homogenous mixtures. A pil ...

Part two of term paper
... solution. A solution is a homogenous mixture of two or more substances in a single physical state. Solutions are all around you. All solutions share several important properties. The particles in a solution are very small. In fact, they are atoms, molecules, or ions, which is why you cannot see them. The particles in a solution are evenly disturbed, or intermingled informally on a molecular level. A small sample of one part of a solution. The particles in a solution will not separate no mat ...