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Tuesday 23 August 2022

Chemical substance

Definition : A chemical substance is a form of matter having constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. Some references add that chemical substance cannot be separated into its constituent elements by physical separation methods, i.e., without breaking chemical bonds.

Chemical substances can be simple substances, chemical compounds, or alloys.

Types

- endogenous substance
- exogenous substance