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Tatiana [17]
3 years ago
5

Is plastic a mixture, compound, or an element?

Chemistry
1 answer:
Drupady [299]3 years ago
8 0
Plastic could not be considered an element because elements are pure substances,Plastic is best described as a compound because its elements cannot be separated like the elements in a mixture can, without undergoing a chemical reaction. 
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