Chapter 7

Solutions

 

Alloy Ð A solid or liquid mixture of two or more metals.

 

Colloid Ð A mixture consisting of tiny particles that are intermediate in size between those in solutions and those in suspensions and are suspended in a solid, liquid or gas.

 

Concentration Ð the amount of a particular substance in a given quantity of a mixture solution or ore

 

Emulsion Ð any mixture of two or more immiscible liquids in which one liquid is dispersed in the other.

 

Hydrogen bonding Ð the intermolecular force occurring when a hydrogen atom that is bonded to a highly electronegative atom of one molecule s attracted to two unshared electrons of another molecule

 

Molarity Ð an expression of the concentration of a solution in moles of dissolved solute per liter of solution

 

Nonpolar Compound Ð a compound whose electrons are equally distributed among its atoms

 

Polar compound Ð A molecule that has an uneven distribution of electrons.  It has a regional charge.

 

Saturated Solution Ð A solution that cannot dissolve any ore solute under the given conditions.

 

Solubility Ð the maximum amount of a solute that will dissolve in a given quantity of solvent at a given temperature and pressure.

 

Solute - In a solution, the substance that dissolves in the solvent.

 

Solution Ð a Homogeneous mixture of two or more substances uniformly dispersed throughout a single phase.

 

Solvent Ð In a solution, the substance in which the solute dissolves.

 

Supersaturated solution Ð A solution that holds more dissolved solute than is required to reach equilibrium at a given temperature.

 

Suspension Ð A mixture in which particles of a material are more or less evenly dispersed through a liquid or gas and can settle out.

 

Unsaturated solution ÐA solution that contains less solute that a saturated solution does and that is able to dissolve additional solute