How is separating components of mixtures different from compounds?

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Mr. Causey · Media Owl · Jackie Shlecter
Feb 24, 2014

A mixture is a physical combination of substances thus it only requires physical processes to separate. However, a compound is chemically combined and can only be separated by chemical processes. Therefore, it is much harder to separate a compound than a mixture.

#H_2O# or water is a compound and Kool-aid is a mixture.

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