Solutions and Colloids Flashcards
If a mixture is uniform throughout at the molecular level
Homogeneous mixture or solution
If can easily distinguish between the two components; the mixing does not occur at the molecular level
Heterogeneous mixture
Homogeneous mixtures of solids
Alloys
Five common types of solutions
Carbonated water, wine, salt water, air, 14-carat gold
When a solution consists of a solid or a gas dissolved in a liquid, the liquid is called the
Solvent
When a solution consists of a solid or a gas dissolved in a liquid, the solid or gas is called the
Solute
Properties of solutions
- The distribution of particles in a solution is uniform.
- The components of a solution do not separate on standing.
- A solution cannot be separated into its components by filtration.
- For any given solute and solvent, it is possible to make solutions of many different compositions.
- Solutions are almost always transparent.
- Solutions can be separated into pure components.
The ______ of a solid in a liquid is the maximum amount of the solid that will dissolve in a given amount of a particular solvent at a given temperature.
Solubility
Some solids have a very low solubility in a particular solvent; we often call these solids
Insoluble
Others have a much higher solubility; we call these
Soluble
refer to a liquid dissolving in a liquid.
Miscible
When a solvent contains all the solute it can hold at a given temperature, we call the solution
Saturated
Any solution containing a lesser amount of solute is
Unsaturated
contains more solute in the solvent than it can normally hold at a given temperature under equilibrium conditions
Supersaturated
the positive end of the dipole of one molecule attracts the negative end of the dipole of the other molecule
Polar compounds
For most solids and liquids that dissolve in liquids, the rule is that
solubility increases with increasing temperature
Another way to crystallize the excess solute is to add a crystal of the solute, a process called
Seeding
For gases, solubility in liquids almost
always decreases with increasing temperature
The higher the pressure, the greater the solubility of a gas in a liquid.
Henry’s Law
We can express the amount of a solute dissolved in a given quantity of solvent
Concentration
Chemists represent percent concentration in three ways.
- Weight/volume
- Weight/weight
- Volume/volume
Is not used for weight/weight solution
Volumetric flask
Is not used for weight/weight solution
Volumetric flask
is used only for solutions of liquids in liquids—most notably, alcoholic beverages.
Volume/volume
is defined as the number of moles of solute dissolved in 1 L of solution.
Molarity
is the liquid part of the blood that remains after removal of the cellular particulates and fibrinogen.
Blood serum
Water covers about ____ of the Earth’s surface in the form of oceans, ice caps, glaciers, lakes, and rivers.
75%
The human body is about ___ water
60%
the surrounding shell of solvent molecules—acts as a cushion. It prevents a solvated anion from colliding directly with a solvated cation, thereby keeping the solvated ions in solution.
Solvation layer
The attraction between ions and water molecules is so strong in some cases that the water molecules are an integral part of the crystal structure of the solids. Water molecules in a crystal are called
Water hydration
The substances that contain water in their crystals are themselves called
Hydrates
The crystal without its water is called
Anhydrous
some anhydrous crystals become hydrated upon standing in air. Crystals that do so are called
hygroscopic
cations migrate to the negative electrode
cathode
anions migrate to the positive electrode
anode
The movement of ions constitutes an
electric current