chem vocab
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johansson214204 on April 10, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 homgeneous | a mixture that is the same throughout; solution |
| heterogeneous | a mixture that has different properties in regions of the mixture |
| solvent | the dissolving medium in a solution |
| solute | a substance dissolved in a solvent to form a solution |
| solution | a homogeneous mixture |
| colloid | a type of homogeous mixture in which dispersed particles do not settle out |
| suspension | a heterogenous mixture of a fluid and solid particles |
| solvation | the process by which solvent molecules surround and interact with solute ions or molecules |
| hydration | the interaction between solute particles and water molecules |
| aqueous | a solution with water is the dissolving medium, or solvent |
| tincture | a solution with alcohol as the solvent |
| alloy | a substance that contains a mixture of elements and has metallic properties |
| amalgam | an alloy made of mercury and one or more other metals |
| miscible | soluble, able to be mixed to form a solution |
| immiscible | the property where two substances are not capable of combining to form a homogeneuos mixture |
| concentrated | a relatively large quantity of substance present in a unit amount of mixture |
| dilute | a solution containing a relatively small quantity of solute as can be dissolved than is dissolved already |
| unsaturated | a solution in which more solute can be dissolved that is dissolved already |
| saturated | a solution that contains as much solute as can be dissolved in that solution |
| supersaturated | the condition is which a liquid as been cooled to a temperature below that at which crystalization normally would occur, without the solid resulting |
| precipitate | to form an insoluble compound either by reacting two salts or by changing the temperature to affect the solubility of the compound |
| solubility | the amount of a substance that dissolves in a given volume of solvent or solution at a given temperature |
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