| Term | Definition |
|---|
| solution | homogeneous mixture of 2 or more substances in a single phase |
| soluble | capable of being dissolved |
| miscible | mutually soluble |
| solute | substance being dissolved |
| solvent | substance doing the dissolving |
| electrolyte | solution that conducts electricity |
| suspension | looks homogeneous but it's not; given time a heterogeneous mixture will form |
| colloid | wants to be heterogeneous, but forced to be homeogeneous |
| dilute | little solute in solvent |
| concentrated | a lot of sulte in solvent |
| unsaturated | can dissolve more solute in solvent |
| saturated | cannot dissolve more solute |
| supersaturated | contains more solute than normally present and tries to give back by re-crystalizing |
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