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Water & Solutions Vocavulary Flashcards

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Capillary Action

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The attraction of the surface of a liquid to the surface of a solid.

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Vaporization

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The process by which a liquid or solid changes to a gas.

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Evaporation

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The process by which particles escape from the surface of a non boiling liquid and enter the gas state.

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Condensation

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The process by which a gas changes to a liquid.

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Polar

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Bonds that have an uneven distribution of charge.

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Nonpolar

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Bond in which the bonding electrons are shared equally by the bonded atoms, resulting in a balanced distribution of electrical charge.

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Solubility

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The amount of a substance required to form a saturated solution with a specific amount of solvent at a specified temperature.

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Soluble

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Capable of being dissolved.

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Solution

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A homogenous mixture of two or more substances in a single phase.

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Solute

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Substance dissolved in a solution.

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Solvent

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The dissolving medium in a solution.

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Solvated

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A solute particle that is surrounded by solvent molecules.

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Dipole

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Created by equal but opposite charges that are separated by a short distance.

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Surface Tension

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A force that tends to pull adjacent parts of a liquid’s surface together, thereby decreasing surface area to smallest possible size.

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Hydrogen bond

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The electrostatic attraction between polar molecules that occurs when a hydrogen atom bound to a highly electronegative atom experiences attraction to some other nearby highly electronegative atom.

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Universal solvent

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Water; a solvent able to dissolve every other substance.

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Aqueous solution

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A solution in which the solvent is water.

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Suspension

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A mixture in which the particles in the solvent are so large that they settle out unless the mixture is constantly stirred or agitated.

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Colloids

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A mixture consisting of particles that are intermediate in size between those in solution and suspensions.

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Tyndall effect

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Light scattering by particles in a colloid or particles in a fine suspension.

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Electrolyte

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A substance that dissolves in water to give a solution that conducts electric current.

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Nonelectrolyte

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A substance that dissolves in water to give a solution that does not conduct an electric current.

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Saturated solution

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A solution that contains the maximum amount of dissolved solute.

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Unsaturated solution

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A solution that contains less solute than a saturated solution under the existing conditions.

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Supersaturated solution

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A solution that contains more dissolved solute than a saturated solution contains under the same conditions.

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Hydration

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A solution process with water as the solvent.

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Immiscible

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Liquid solutes and solvents that are not soluble in each other.

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Miscible

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Liquid solutes and solvents that are able to dissolve freely in one another in any process.

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Precipitate

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A solid that is produced as a result of a chemical reaction in solution and that separates from the solution.

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Emulsion

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A fine dispersion of minute droplets on one liquid in another in which it is not soluble or miscible.

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Henry’s law

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The solubility of a gas in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas on the surface of the liquid.

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Effervescence

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The rapid escape of a gas from the liquid in which it is dissolved.

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Concentration

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A measure of the amount of solute in a given amount of solvent or solution.

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Molarity

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The number of moles of solute in one liter of solution.

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Molality

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The concentration of a solution expressed in moles of solute per kilogram of solvent.

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