Example of solid - solid homogeneous mixture is copper metal - silver metal like coins and alloys.
Homogeneous mixture is a mixture in which one of the substances often changes in form as in a solution of sugar in water. It contains variable proportions. Solution can contain two substances, three substances or more, in a single physical state. The component of a solution that is present in greatest quantity is usually called the solvent and all other components are called solutes.
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Unburned hydrocarbon on reacting with oxygen undergoes combustion reaction. However, the activation energy of this reaction is significantly high. When a catalyst like Pd is added to the reaction system, it provides active sites for the reaction to occur. It acts are a heterogeneous catalyst. It is pertinent of note that catalyst is refereed as heterogeneous, when it exist in different phase as compared to reactant and products. In present case, reactants and products are in gas phase, while catalyst is in solid phase. Due to availability of larger surface area at active site of Pd, activation energy of reaction decreases and decrease in activation energy favors higher reaction rates.
