Why is this principle about the relationship between mass and volume always true of substances but not always true of mixtures
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1.1- Matter, Mass, Volume, Element, Compound, Pure vs. Mixture

Answer

For pure substances, the mass and volume will always be the same or will always change the same way because all substance are the same throughout.

While for mixtures, you can have varying amount of each component therefore mass and volume will not change the same way for substances.

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