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What is a solution
A solution is formed when a solute dissolves in a solvent
What is a solute
A substance dissolved in a solution
What is a reactant
A reactant is on the left side of a chemical reaction, it’s what is reacted
What’s a solvent
A substance that dissolved a solute
How do you create a balanced equation
Add all the atoms of the reactant/product and add the atoms to the opposite side so they have an equal amount of atoms on each side
What is a product
A product is on the right side of a chemical equation. It’s the result from after the chemical reaction
What does miscible and imisable
Miscible is liquids that can mix together
Imisable is liquids can don’t mix together
What is evaporation?
When a liquid gains energy and becomes a gas
Condensation
When a gas loses energy (gets colder) and becomes a liquid
Distillation
A separation method that is the process of evaporation followed by condensation
Distillate
The pure liquid obtained after distillation
Boiling point
The temperature at which molecules evaporating at the fastest rate (liquid ➡️ gas)
