GCSE Science | Chemical Analysis

Pure substance

  • Single element or compound
  • Not mixed with any other substances

How to test for purity

  • Pure substances melt and boil at fixed temperatures
  • Use melting and boiling point data to distinguish pure substances from mixtures

Compounds

  • two or more elements
  • chemically combined

Mixtures

  • two or more elements
  • not chemically combined

Formulation

  • a mixture
  • designed as a useful product
    • paint/ fuels/ alloys/ foods