Solubility

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What is the term for the substance that is being dissolved in a solution?

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Solute

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What is an example of a solute?

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Sugar

Front

What do we call the amount of solute that is dissolved in a given amount of solvent?

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Concentration

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What is an example of a solvent?

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Water

Front

How does a solution become supersaturated?

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Dissolve more solute than you should be able to.

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What is a solution?

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A mixture where a solute is dissolved in a solvent.

Front

What is the term for a solution that contains the maximum amount of solute that can be dissolved?

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Saturated solution

Front

What happens to the solubility of most solids as the temperature increases?

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It increases.

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What is the term for a solution that contains more solute than it can normally hold at a given temperature?

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Supersaturated solution

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What is the process of a solute dissolving in a solvent called?

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Dissolution