| A | B |
|---|
| aqueous solution | a solution where water is the solvent |
| deliquescent | a substance that removes sufficient water from the air to form a solution |
| desiccant | a hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent |
| effloresce | to lose water of hydration |
| electrolyte | a compound that conducts electric current in aquesous solution or in the molten state |
| emulsion | the colloidal dispersion of a liquid in another liquid |
| Brownian motion | the chaotic movement of colloidal particles |
| colloid | a mixture whose particles are intemediate in size (between solutions and suspensions) |
| hygroscopic | salts that remove moisture from the air |
| nonelectrolyte | a compound that does not conduct electricity in the aqueous or molten state |
| solute | the dissolved particles in a solution |
| solvation | the process by which a substance dissolves |
| solvent | the substance that does the dissolving |
| strong electrolyte | a solution in which a loarge portion of the solute particles exist as ions |
| surface tension | an inward force that tends to minimize the surface area of a liquid |
| surfactant | a surface active agent that interferes with the hydrogen bonds in water |
| suspension | a mixture from which some of the particles slowly settle out on standing |
| Tyndall effect | the scattering of light particles by a suspension or a colloid |
| water of hydration | water molecules that are integral in the crystal structure of a compund |
| weak electrolyte | a solution in which only a fraction of the solute exists as ions |
