Mixtures and Solutions Vocab

Vocab covering mixtures and solutions.

Suspension

A mixture where particles settle out due to their large size.

Saturated Solution

Solution contains the max amount of solute for a given amount of solvent at a specific temp. It’s “full”.

Electrolyte

A substance that conducts a current when aqueous or molten.

Supersaturated Solution

A solution that holds more than the theoretical max amount of solute at a given temp.

Unsaturated Solution

A solution that holds less than max amount of solute at a given temp.

Tyndall Effect

The scattering of light by particles in a colloid.

Soluble

Able to be dissolved in a solvent.

Solution Equilibrium

A state in which a solid is both being dissolved and precipitating at the same rate.

Solvent

Substance doing the dissolving.2

Solute

Substance being dissolved.

Intra-Molecular Bonds

Forces that hold atoms together within a molecule. (Ionic, Covalent, Metallic)

Homogenueous Mixture

Same in appearance and composition.

Aqueous Solution

Solution where water is solvent.

Miscible

Two substances can dissolve in each other.

Immiscible

Substances cannot dissolve in each other.

Solvation

Process of dissolving a solute.

Agitation

Creating motion that improves bonds.

Colloid

Medium sized particles (makes cloudy/milky solutions).

Molarity

M=mol/L

Dilutions

Making a liquid weaker by adding more solvent (water) to it.