Which statement correctly describes whether a compound is a pure substance? a compound is not a pure substance because each of its molecules is made up of the atoms of two or more different elements. a compound is a pure substance because its molecule cannot be broken down into simpler particles by physical means. a compound is not a pure substance because it is not an element, and only elements are pure substances. a compound is a pure substance because it consists of two different elements, which are pure substances.

Answer is: A compound is a pure substance because its molecule cannot be broken down into simpler particles by physical means.

Pure substance is made of only one type of atom (element) or only one type of molecule, it has definite and constant composition with distinct chemical properties. Pure substances can be separated chemically, not physically, that is difference between pure substances and mixtures.

Electrolysis of water (pure substance) is the chemical separation, because from one molecule (water) two molecules (hydrogen and oxygen) are produced. Water is separeted into two molecules:

Reaction of reduction at cathode: 2H⁺(aq) + 2e⁻ → H₂(g).

Reaction of oxidation at anode: 2H₂O(l) → O₂(g) + 4H⁺(aq) + 4e⁻.

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.