A chemist is identifying an unknown solid substance that appears purple in color. Upon close inspection with a hand lens, she notices tiny grains in the substance. Some of the grains are blue; other grains are red. Based on this information, the substance is most likely a \

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A chemist is identifying an unknown solid substance that appears purple in color. Upon close inspection with a hand lens, she notices tiny grains in the substance. Some of the grains are blue; other grains are red. Based on this information, the substance is most likely a

a. Compound

b. Homogeneous Mixture

c. Pure substance

d. solution

e. heterogeneous mixture

heterogeneous mixture

Explanation:

A heterogeneous mixture simply means a mixture of two different substances. If two substances are the same, they are expected to have the same colour or appearance.

We were told in the question that the colour of the mixture appeared purple. On close examination, the sample was found to comprise of two different substances of different colours; blue and red.

If there are two substances of different colours present in the sample, it then follows that the sample is a heterogeneous mixture.

explanation:

the largest database of organic compounds lists about 10 million substances, which include compounds originating from living organisms and those synthesized by chemists. the number of potential organic compounds has been estimated at 1060—an astronomically high number. the existence of so many organic molecules is a consequence of the ability of carbon atoms to form up to four strong bonds to other carbon atoms, resulting in chains and rings of many different sizes, shapes, and complexities. the simplest organic compounds contain only the elements carbon and hydrogen, and are called hydrocarbons. even though they are composed of only two types of atoms, there is a wide variety of hydrocarbons because they may consist of varying lengths of chains, branched chains, and rings of carbon atoms, or combinations of these structures. in addition, hydrocarbons may differ in the types of carbon-carbon bonds present in their molecules. many hydrocarbons are found in plants, animals, and their fossils; other hydrocarbons have been prepared in the laboratory. we use hydrocarbons every day, mainly as fuels, such as natural gas, acetylene, propane, butane, and the principal components of gasoline, diesel fuel, and heating oil. the familiar plastics polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene are also hydrocarbons. we can distinguish several types of hydrocarbons by differences in the bonding between carbon atoms. this leads to differences in geometries and in the hybridization of the carbon orbitals.