WHS Elements, Compounds, Mixtures
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 homogenous | all of the same or similar kind or nature |
| electrolysis | removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root |
| concentrated | gathered together or made less diffuse |
| solubility | the quality of being soluble |
| dilute | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture |
| concentration | strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing extraneous material |
| heterogeneous | originating outside the body |
| alloys | mixtures of two or more metals |
| solvent | a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances |
| solute | the dissolved substance in a solution |
| solution | a method for solving a problem |
| mixture | the act of mixing together |
| compound | an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) |
| ductile | capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out |
| malleable | easily shaped or formed; easily influenced |
| metalloids | semiconductors, border the zigzag line, shiny, brittle, hard, at high temp- good conductors of electric current |
| nonmetals | right of the zigzag line, not malleable/ductile, not shiny, poor conductors |
| metals | left of the zigzag line, shiny, malleable, ductile, good conductors of electric current, good conductors of thermal energy |
| element | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up |
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