| WORDS TO KNOW |
DEFINITIONS |
| Alloy | A solid mixture of two or more metals such as steel, brass, bronze |
| Amalgam | An alloy containing Mercury |
| Boiling point elevation | The raising of the boiling point of a solvent that occurs when a solute is dissolved in it |
| Colligative properties | Physical properties of solutions that depend on the quantity of solute particles but not the kind of solute particles |
| Freezing point depression | The lowering of the freezing point of the solvent when a solute is dissolved in it |
| Miscible | Property of a substance that are completely soluble in each other |
| Saturated solution | A solution that contains the maximum amount of solute that will dissolve in a particular solvent at a particular temperature |
| Solute | The substance that dissolves in the solvent |
| Solvent | The substance in a solution that determines whether the solution is a solid, liquid, or gas; the dissolving medium |
| Supersaturated Solution | A solution that contains more solute than it normally can dissolve at that particular temperature |
| Unsaturated solution | A solution that contains less solute than the maximum amount the solvent can dissolve |
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