Question

Eli states that sodium phosphate is a mixture because it is composed of both sodium ions and phosphate ions.

Answer 1

Answer:

C

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

It is incorrect because sodium phosphate is a compound that has a single composition.

Explanation:

Sodium phosphate is a compound and not a mixture. It is made up of sodium and phosphate ions and they exists as just a single compound and not different entities.

The parts of a mixture exists separately and they retain their identities.

• In the compound a sodium phosphate we have 3 atoms, Na, P and Oxygen joined together in a definite grouping.
• The properties of the compound are different from the individual elements that makes them up.