Question

A mixture of kerosene oil and water is what type of mixture?

Answer 1

Hint: As we know that there are two types of mixture that are classified on different bases. Like on solubility the mixtures are classified into miscible and immiscible mixtures. On the basis of compositions they are classified into heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures depending upon phases of matter.

Complete answer:
We need to know that a mixture of kerosene oil and water is an immiscible mixture. The liquids that cannot be mixed are known as immiscible mixtures. Liquids tend to be immiscible when the force of attraction between the molecules of the same liquid is greater than the force of attraction between the two different liquids. Miscibility is the property of two substances to mix in all proportions (that is, to fully dissolve in each other at any concentration), forming a homogeneous mixture (a solution). The term is most often applied to liquids but also applies to solids and gases. For example, water and ethanol are miscible because they mix in all proportions. Substances are said to be immiscible if there are certain proportions in which the mixture does not form a solution. For one example, oil is not soluble in water, so these two solvents are immiscible.

Note:
 We have to know that the mixture of kerosene and petrol is taken in a distillation flask with a thermometer fitted in this method. A mixture of two miscible liquids having a difference in their boiling points of more than \[25^\circ C\] can be separated by simple distillation. Example: the alcohols, ethanol has two carbon atoms and is miscible with water, whereas 1-butanol with four carbons is not.