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chapter 15 vocab
Term | Definition |
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substance | a type of matter with a fixed composition |
element | if all the atoms in a substance have the same identity, that substance is an element. |
compound | a substance in which the atoms of two or more elements are combined in a fixed proportion. |
heterogeneous mixture | a mixture in which different materials can be distinguished easily. |
homogeneous mixture | containing two or more gaseous, liquids, or slid substances blended evenly throughout. |
solution | a homogeneous mixture of particles so small that they cannot be seen with a microscope |
colloid | type of mixture with particles that are larger than those in solutions but not heavy enough to settle out |
tyndall effect | scattering of light by colloidal particles |
suspension | a heterogeneous mixture containing a liquid in which visible particles settle |
physical property | any characteristic of a material that you can observe without without changing the identity of the substances that make up the material. |
physical change | a change in size, shape, or state of matter. |
distillation | the process for separating substance in a mixture by evaporating a liquid and recondensing its vapor. |
chemical property | a characteristic of a substance that indicates whether it can undergo a certain chemical change |
chemical change | a change of one substance to another |
law of conservation of mass | the mass of all substances that are present before a chemical change equals the mass of all the substances that remain after the change. |