Water & Solubility Flashcards
Polar molecule
Have an uneven distribution of charge due to a greater density of electrons on one end of the molecules.
Electronegativity
How attracted the element is to it’s electrons.
Hydrogen bonding
Dipole force between a hydrogen atom of one molecule and the oxygen in another molecule.
Solution
Formed when one substance is completely dissolved in another.
Mixture
More than two substances that haven’t been chemically changed
Brownian Motion
The random movement of water molecules.
Solute
What is dissolved.
Unsaturated
Contains less solute then it can hold at a given temperature
solubility
The ability of a substance to dissolve.
Van der waals forces
Intermolecular forces that are the week attractive forces that attract molecules of the same substance to each other.
Surface tension
The inward force of liquid water molecules have a strong cohesion so they are drawn inward to each other and form a “skin” over the surface water
Universal solvent
Water is the universal solvent, it can dissolve substances so readily, that water is almost never found and it’s pure form
Supersaturated
Contains more solute then it can hold at a given temperature
Dippole-Dippole forces
Polar molecules
Solvation
The process of dissolving substances in water.