A chemist is called by the highway patrol to identify a clear colorless liquid that was spilled on the freeway. The test chemist could do to identify whether the liquid is a mixture or a substance is melting point.
If it is to be identified that whether a liquid is a mixture or a pure substance, testing the melting point is preferably considered.
Melting point is a a range of temperature of a substance from which the first crystal starts melting.
Pure substances have sharp melting point but an impure substance or a mixture melts over a given range of temperature.
By looking at the overall composition, pure substance and mixture can be identified visually but it is quite difficult in case of a clear, colorless liquid.
Therefore, melting points can be used to find out whether a liquid is a mixture or a substance.
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