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A mixture contains two or more chemical substances combined in proportions that need not be fixed. A chemical compound instead has a definite composition: water has two hydrogen chemical atoms per oxygen chemical atom, whereas a sucrose and water mixture can contain different sugar proportions. A homogeneous mixture has uniform composition on the scale of representative samples; a heterogeneous mixture has distinguishable regions of different composition. A chemical solution is homogeneous, whereas sand dispersed in water is a particle suspension.[ref]
1.2 Phases and Classification of Matter. Chemistry 2e, §1.2, Classification of Matter: mixtures, variable composition, homogeneous and heterogeneous examples
The distinction concerns the sample, not merely its ingredient list. A vessel with dissolved sodium chloride and excess undissolved sodium chloride contains a chemical solution and an ionic crystal thermodynamic phase. The liquid portion can be homogeneous while the whole vessel is heterogeneous. Similarly, molecular oxygen dissolved in water is part of a chemical solution; visible gas bubbles introduce a separate gas thermodynamic phase.