Is a pail of garbage a element ,compound or mixture?

A pail of garbage is a mixture. To figure out how and why it is, you need to understand what each of these things are. If it was an element, it would have a symbol and be on the periodic table of elements. If it was a compound, it would be a mix of two or more elements chemically combined. The reason it's a mixture is because there is no symbol for it, and you can PHYSICALLY separate it. Hope that makes sense! :)

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Oseni Oseni · Answer 2 · 2021-12-03T15:57:47+01:00

A pail of garbage would be a mixture of different compounds and or elements.

An element is a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by any chemical process while a compound consists of different elements chemically combined together and, thus, can be broken down into component elements using chemical reactions.

A mixture, on the other hand, consists of different elements of compounds physically but not chemically combined together. This means that a mixture can be separated by one or more physical processes.

Garbages generally contain waste materials which are can range from different compounds to elements meant for disposal or recycling.

Thus, a pail of garbage will contain a mixture of compounds and can also include elements depending on the composition.

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