Solutions
A solution is a mixture that is the same all through: a solute spread evenly, particle by particle, through a solvent, which is usually the larger part. Water dissolves so many things that it is called the universal solvent. A solution with little solute in a given amount of solvent is dilute, one with a lot is concentrated, and solutions can be liquid, solid (alloys such as brass) or gas (clean air).
Depth 1 · Foundation
You can name the solvent and the solute of a solution, tell a dilute solution from a concentrated one, and give examples of solutions that are gas in liquid, liquid in liquid, gas in gas and solid in solid.
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You can name the solvent and the solute of a solution, tell a dilute solution from a concentrated one, and give examples of solutions that are gas in liquid, liquid in liquid, gas in gas and solid in solid.
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- 1MixtureDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 2DissolvingDepth 1 · Foundation · Solutions, Acids and Bases
- 3Melting and freezingDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 4States of matterDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 5MatterDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 6MatterDepth 2 · Deeper · Matter and Its Properties
- 7States of matterDepth 2 · Deeper · Matter and Its Properties
- 8Melting and freezingDepth 2 · Deeper · Matter and Its Properties
- 9Evaporation and condensationDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 10Particle modelDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 11DissolvingDepth 2 · Deeper · Solutions, Acids and Bases
- 12SolutionsDepth 1 · Foundation · Solutions, Acids and Bases
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