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Author: Bill Tillery, Stephanie J. Slater, Timothy F. Slater
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Chapter 11, Problem 20AC
To determine
Atmospheric air is a homogeneous mixture of gases that is mostly nitrogen gas. Nitrogen is therefore a
(a) solvent.
(b) solution.
(c) solute.
(d) None of the above is correct.
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