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Mixtures

Scope note

Mechanical combinations of two or more substances in no definite proportions, within which the constituent substances retain their individual properties and are separable by ordinary physical means. For complex pure substances made up of two or more elements in definite proportions which lose their individual properties and are held together by chemical bonds, use "compounds."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000246925

Broader Terms used

<materials by physical form>

Equivalent Terms used

mixture

Created

13yrs ago

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