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  • Gasoline: Mixture or Solution? Understanding Its Composition
    Gasoline is a homogeneous mixture. It is made up of various hydrocarbons, which are molecules that contain carbon and hydrogen atoms. The hydrocarbons in gasoline are all nonpolar molecules, which means they do not have a net electrical charge. This allows them to mix together easily and form a homogeneous mixture.

    While most people believe gasoline to be a mixture, they would be wrong because gasoline is actually a solution. A solution is a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances in which the solute is dissolved in the solvent. In the case of gasoline, the solute is the hydrocarbon molecules and the solvent is the other hydrocarbons.

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