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| solution | a mixture that has the same composition, color, density, and taste throughout |
| solute | substance being dissolved |
| solvent | the substance doing the dissolving |
| polar | molecules that possess a positive area and a negative area |
| solubility | the maximum amount of a solute that can be dissolved in a given amount of solvent at a given temperature |
| saturated solution | a solution that contains all the solute it can hold at a given temperature |
| unsaturated solution | any solution that can dissolve more solute at a given temperature |
| supersaturated solution | one that contains more solute than a saturated solution at the same temperature; they are often unstablee |
| ion | charged particles |
| electrolyte | compounds that produce solutions of ions that conduct electricity in water |
| nonelectrolytes | substances that form no ions in water and that cannot conduct electricity |
| ionization | the process of forming ions (charged particles) |
| dissociation | the process in which an ionic solid separates into positive and negative ions |
| nonpolar | materials that have no separated positive or negative areas |
