Solutions

Suspension A mixture in which particles can be seen and easily separated by settling or filtration.

Solutions Water and table salt form a solution, a well-mixed mixture. If you taste a salt solution, any sip tastes just as salty as the next.

Solvents and Solutes All solutions have at least two parts: the solvent and the solute. The solvent is the part of a solution present in the largest amount. It dissolves the other substances. The solute is the substance that dissolves in the solvent. In many common solutions, the solvent is water.

Examples of Common Solutions Solute Solvent Solution Gas Air (oxygen and other gases) Liquid Soda water (CO2 in water) Antifreeze (ethylene glycol in water) Solid Dental filling (silver in mercury) Ocean water (salt in water) Brass (zinc and copper)

Solubility A measure of how well a solute can dissolve in a solvent at a given temperature. When you’ve added so much solute that no more dissolves, you have a saturated solution. If you can continue to dissolve more solute, you still have an unsaturated solution.

Solubility Continued The solubility of a substance tells you the limit on how much you can add before you make a saturated solution.

Strips Which of the following is a homogenous mixture? Tossed Salad Soil Salt water Vegetable soup

2. If the label on a bottle of medicine reads “shake well before using,” the medicine is probably a a. solution b. suspension c. colloid d. gel

Suppose you add a teaspoon of table salt to a cool saltwater solution and stir until all of the salt dissolves. The solution you started with was Unsaturated Supersaturated Saturated Concentrated

Which of the following materials is an example of a solid dissolved in another solid? a. smoke b. bronze c. mayonnaise d. ice