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is about elements compounds and mixtures
Term | Definition |
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elements | a substance made out of one specific atom |
compound | a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements |
mixture | A material made up of at least two different pure substances. |
heterogeneous | different substances that remain physically separate. |
homogeneous | any mixture that is uniform in composition throughout. |
solution | a single substance |
solute | it is dissolved |
solvent | is the substance in which the solute is dissolved |
colliods | mixtures, with the other two being a solution and suspension. |
suspention | solid particles that are sufficiently large for sedimentation |
pure substances | A material that is composed of only one type of particle |
condensation | water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it. |
distillation | the process of seperating a liquid from a liquid |
centrifuge | a machine that separate fluids of different densities |
magnetic seperation | the process of separating metals |
chromatography | the process of separating particles |