| Term | Definition |
|---|
| suspension | a mixture that contains particles that are not dissolved and may settle or be filtered out |
| solution | a mixture in which a solute is dissolved in a solvent |
| dissolve | the distribution of the particles of a substance throughout another substance |
| soluble | the substance can dissolve |
| solvent | the substance that does the dissolving |
| solute | the substance that gets dissolved |
| insoluble | a substance does not dissolve |
| concentrated | a solution that contains a large amount of solute |
| saturated | a solution in which no more solute can be dissolved |
| solubility | the concentration of a saturated solution (the maximum amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given volume of solute) |
| precipitate | a solid that comes out of a solute |
| dilute | a solution that contains a small amount of solute |
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