Question

How do homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures differ from each other?

Answer 1

As we can see here that the words homogenous and heterogeneous are antonym of each other in terms of different phases or we can say appearance. We will tabulate the differences among them.

Complete step-by-step answer:

HOMOGENOUS MIXTURE	HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURE
1. As we know that homogenous mixture is the one in which the components usually mix with each other and its composition is found uniform throughout.	1. Heterogeneous mixture is the one in which the composition is not found to be uniform throughout and in this case different components are observed.
2. In this mixture the component sizes are found to be at molecular level.	2. In this mixture the size of the particles are found to be large.
3. We cannot see the components of homogeneous mixture through naked eyes.	3. We can see the components of heterogeneous mixture through naked eyes.
4. The constituent particles basically possess the same physical properties.	4. The constituent particles basically possess different physical properties.
5. Components of homogeneous mixture cannot be easily separated.	5. Components of heterogeneous mixture can be easily separated.
6. Example: sugar solution, salt solution	6. Example: Mixture of grains and pulses, Mixture of sugar and salt

Note: - We should note that in homogenous mixture the solute particles are completely mixed with the layers of solvent. And here the size of the particle is also very small.
- Whereas, in case of heterogeneous mixture, we can find that the solute particles settle at the bottom of the solvent. And here the size of the particle is also not very small.