Unit Seven Flashcards
Heterogeneous mixture
Do not have uniform composition (can see different parts)
Ex sand and water
Homogeneous mixture
Have uniform composition throughout (can’t see different parts)
Another name for a homogeneous mixture is a solution
Ex sugar and water
Aqueous
When substances are in a solution with water
Universal solvent
Water is the most common solvent used in the world, referred to as universal solvent
Distillation
Separates liquids based on boiling points
Centrifuge
Rapid spinning of a mixture to separate particles by density
Decant
Pouring a liquid off a solid
Filtration
Using a porous barrier to separate components of a mixture
Chromatography
Ability to run across a surface
Suspension
A dispersion of large particles that are temporarily suspended and settle out naturally over time
Ex orange juice with pulp
Colloid
Consists of two phases of matter and are only heterogeneous on a microscopic level (can’t see different parts with naked eye)
Cloudy
Ex milk
Major differences between suspension and colloids
Suspension do not have uniform composition, colloids have uniform composition
Colloids have much smaller particles than suspensions do
Because colloids don’t settle out, they are considered stable, suspensions are not stable because over time the parts of the mixture will separate
Solute
The substance that is being dissolved
Ex salt in salt and water
Solvent
The substance doing the dissolving
Ex water in salt and water
How to tell apart colloids and solutions
Colloids are cloudy
Solutions are clear