Is Matter Around Us Pure?

Substances

 Cannot be broken down further with any physical processes

 Made up of only one type of atoms.
 Made up of only one element.

Compounds

 Cannot be broken down further with any physical processes

 Made of more than 1 type of atoms.
 Eg : We cannot break the atoms of H2O (water) physically using any physical process.

Mixtures

 They can be broken down further with physical processes.

 Eg : H2O + NaCl can be separated and broken down using evaporation.
 When elements are mixed with elements/compounds and compounds are mixed with
compounds/elements without any chemical change, then they can be broken down further with
physical processes.

Matter

Pure Impure
Element True Solution
Compound Suspension
Colloidal Solution

Mixture

Homogenous Heterogenous
True Solution Colloid and Suspension

Solvent is the part of the solution which is larger in quantity and the solute gets dissolved in the
solvent.
Eg - Water sugar solution:
Solute - water
Solvent – Sugar

Homogenous:

Equal proportion of solute and solvent throughout the solution.

Heterogenous

Unequal proportion of solute and solvent throughout the solution.

Tyndall Effect is the light scattering by particles in a colloid or very fine suspension.

Components
Solution = Solvent + Solute

Colloidal Solution = Dispersed medium + Dispersed Phase

Suspension = Medium + Suspended Particle

Solubility is the limit/extent to which the solute can be added to the solvent.

Saturated solution is a solution where the extent to which the solute can be added the solvent has been
reached whereas Unsaturated solution is a solution where the extent to which the solute can be added to the
solvent has not been reached.

Temperature is directly proportional to solubility.

mass/mass = mass of solute/solution (for percentage multiply 100)

mass/volume = mass of solution/volume of solution (for percentage multiply 100)

In a saturated solution, if we mix sugar in x ml water, the volume will not change.