Umxube
ngokwakwakhemestri,umxubeyinto eyenziwe ngezinto ezimbini nangaphezulu. Ezi zinto zisenokubangamalungu eekhemikhaliokanye zibe ngumdibaniso weekhemikhali ngeekhemikhali.Umxube usenokubangamanzi,into engengomanzi, ejiyileyo neqinileyo,okanyeigesi.
Umxube awufani nomdibaniso owenziwe ngee-atom ezimbini nangaphezulu, apho ke i-atom nganye ixokomezelelwe kwenye ngekhonco ekuthiwa yibond.Umzekelo, umxube weegesiihydrogennenitrogenune-hydrogen ne-nitrogen, kungasiyio umdibaniso oyiammoniaeyenziwe ngee-atom ze-hydrogen ne-nitrogen.
Xa kuthe kanti izinto ezixutyiweyo zingoomakufanwe xa zizonkeubunjanibento, njengezinto ezingengomanzi (izinto ezibujiya okanye ezibuqina kunamanzi, neziqinileyo), ezinje ngee-solid ezimbini, kuthiwa ngumxube womakufanwe.Ukuba izinto ezimbini ezahlukeneyo zidityanisiwe, njengentlabathinamanzi,ngumxube oheterogeneous.
Ukuba into enye kumxubeinyibilikakwenye, ibizwa ngokuba yi-solution.Umzekelo, ukubaiswekileigalelwa emanzini yenza umxube, ize inyibilike ukuze kwenzeke i-solution. Ukuba ayinyibiliki, kuyakuthiwa yi-suspension.
Kanti nezinto ezingengomanzi, ezo zijiyileyo nezibuqina, zingayimixube. Iindidizomhlabaezininzi namatye olwalwaayimixube [[iiminerali|yee-minerali ezahlukeneyo.