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| solution | a homogeneous mixture containing particles so tiny that they cannot be seen even with a microscope |
| solute | the substance being dissolved into a solvent |
| solvent | the substance that dissolves a solute |
| alloy | a mixture consisting of a metal and one or more elements |
| solubility | the amount of a substance that will dissolve in a 100g of solvent at a particular temperature |
| concentration | the proportion of a solute dissolved in a solvent |
| percentage by volume | precise concentration |
| saturated solution | a solution that has dissolved all the solute that it can normally hold at a specific temperature |
| unsaturated solution | a solution that is capable of dissolving more solute at a specific temperature |
| supersaturated solution | an unstable solution that contains more solute than a standard solution can at the same specific temperature |
| concentrated | a solution in which the amount of solute is near the maximum the solvent can hold at that temperature |
| dilute | a solution in which the amount of solute is much less than the maximum the solvent can hold at that temperature |
| solubility curve | a graph of the saturation values for a particular solute in a particular solvent; temp on x-axis; solubility on y-axis |
| solid solution | solid substance (solute) dissolved into another solid substance (solvent) |
| gas solution | a gas substance (solute) dissolved into another gas substance (solvent) |
| liquid solution | any solution where the solvent is liquid; can have a gas, a solid, or another liquid as the solute |
| insoluble | a solute that is unable to dissolve in a particular solvent for that temperature |
| soluble | a solute that is able to be dissolved in a particular solvent at a specific temperature |
| solubility standard | specific amount of solvent (100 g) used to determine solubility values |
| type of solution | determined by the state of matter of the solvent |
