Y8 Separation techniques keywords

  1. Mixture: a substance comprised of two or more substances combined but NOT chemically bonded/joined

  2. Solvent- a liquid or gas that dissolves a solute

  3. Solute - the substance that dissolves in a solution (often a solid)

  4. Solution - a mixture of a solute and a solvent

  5. Soluble - can dissolve

  6. Insoluble - cannot dissolve

  7. Saturated solution - a solution in which no more solute can dissolve at a particular temperature

  8. Solubility- a measure of how much solute can dissolve per 100g solvent

  9. Pure - A substance is Pure if it has no other substances mixed with it.

  1. Evaporation: When a liquid turns into a gas 

  2. Condensation: When a gas turns into a liquid 

  3. Distillation: A separation technique used to separate a mixture of liquids by their boiling points 

  4. Miscible: capable of being mixed 

  5. Filtration: a separation technique used to separate an insoluble solid from a solution 

  6. Residue: the solid left on the filter after filtration 

  7. Filtrate: the liquid that passes through the filter and is collected 

  8. Element: A substance made up of one type of atom.   

  9. Compound: A substance made of two or more elements chemically bonded/joined together 

  10. What type of mixture can be separated by using filtration?

A solvent and an INSOLUBLE solid (e.g. water and sand)

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