Unit 8 Vocab Flashcards
Suspension
Heterogeneous mixtures are the least mixed and
parts can settle out
Heterogeneous
composed of different constituents or dissimilar components
Colloid
a mixture in which one substance of microscopically dispersed insoluble or soluble particles is suspended throughout another substance
Solution
a special type of homogeneous mixture composed of two or more substances. In such a mixture, a solute is a substance dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent.
Homogeneous
a solid, liquid, or gaseous mixture that has the same proportions of its components throughout any given sample
Alloy
a substance made by melting two or more elements together
Solute
the substance that is dissolved in a solution
Solvent
the substance that is present greater than the solute in the solution
Soluble
Can be dissolved
Insoluble
cant be dissolved
Unsaturated
when more solute can be adde
Saturated
when no more solute can be dissolved in
the solvent at that temperature
Supersaturated
when an increase in temperature
allows more solute to be dissolved
Concentrated
a relatively large amount of solute
Dillute
a relatively small amount of solute