Solutions and Solubility

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What is the measure of the amount of solute in a given amount of solvent or solution?

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Concentration

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What type of mixture is a solution?

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Homogeneous mixture

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What is the part of a solution that gets dissolved called?

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Solute

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What is a supersaturated solution?

Back

A solution that contains more solute than a saturated solution.

Front

How many grams of NaNO3 are soluble in 100 g of water at 10 ºC?

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80 grams

Front

What is the part of a solution that does the dissolving?

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Solvent

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What is solubility?

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The maximum amount of solute that can dissolve in a given amount of solvent at a specific temperature.

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What is a saturated solution?

Back

A solution that contains the maximum amount of dissolved solute at a given temperature.

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What does it mean if two substances are miscible?

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They can mix together in any proportion without separating.

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What is the difference between a solute and a solvent?

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A solute is the substance that is dissolved, while a solvent is the substance that dissolves the solute.