Separation Techniques and States of Matter Flashcards

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What is a Solvent?

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A substance that dissolves another substance.

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What is in a solution?

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A solvent and a solute

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What is an aqueous solution?

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An aqueous solution is a solution where the solvent is water.

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What is a Solute?

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The substance that is being dissolved by the Solvent

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What is Distillation?

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A separation technique that uses the different evaporation points of a substance to get one substance to turn into a gas and pass into a cooled container were it will go back to a liquid while the other liquid is left in another container.

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What is Filtration?

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It is a separation technique where a liquid is drained through very small holes,so small that the solids are left above the filter while the liquid sinks through.

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What is Centrifuging?

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It is a process that uses rotational or centrifugal force to push the heaviest particles outwards and keeps the lightest closer to the inside.

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What is Sublimation?

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When a solid goes straight to gas.

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What is Deposition?

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When a gas goes straight to a solid.

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http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/~edudev/LabTutorials/Thermochem/images/PhaseChanges.jpg Look at the image,what does it show?

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The ways states of matter change

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What is a Suspension?

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When particles have not yet settled,but are large enough to do so,due to the force of gravity.

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What is a Colloid?

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When particles are dispersed throughout a mixture but are too small to settle.

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What is Condensation?

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Condensation is when a gas becomes a liquid.

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What is Freezing?

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When a liquid becomes a solid.

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What is Evaporation?

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When a liquid becomes a gas.

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What is Melting?

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When a solid becomes a liquid?