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Grade 7 Science: Solutions
Grade 7 Science: Solutions
Solutions
Solutions… a review
A homogeneous mixture ie.
they appear as ONE
substance
Examples: tap water,
vinegar, gold jewelry, etc.
Solutions have 2 parts:
Solute Solvent
The substance The substance in
that dissolves which the solute
(found in less dissolves (found
amounts) in the greatest
amounts)
Dissolving...
soluble
insoluble
Solvent or Not?
Some materials are good
solvents for some solutes
but not others. For
example, oil is insoluble in
water but soluble in
gasoline.
States of Solutes and
Solvents
Air
Solute: oxygen, carbon
dioxide, other gases Gas
floatation
Filtration:
A common way to
separate solid particles
from a mixture
The filters can have holes
of varying sizes… small to
microscopic.
Coffee filter Oil filter
Colander
Furnace filter
Evaporation:
Change of state from a
liquid to a gas.
Used to recover a solid
solute from a solution.
Distillation:
Uses two changes of
state: evaporation and
condensation.
It allows you to recover
BOTH the solute and
solvent from a solution.
Condensation
Evaporation
Paper Chromatography:
Used to separate the
colored substances in a
mixture such as ink.
Used to separate the
solvents in a mixture.
Separation Techniques
in the Home:
Colanders
Clothes dryers
Window screens
Coffee percolators
Salad spinners
Any others?
Distillation: A Review
A method of separation that
allows you to recover a single
solute and a single solvent.
The mixture must boil so that
the solvent can evaporate and
then cooled so that it can
condense back into a liquid.
Distillation Apparatus
Evaporatio
Condensati
n
on
Boil
Types of Distillations:
Simple Distillation
Separates a single solute
from its solvent.
Fractional Distillation
Separates a mixture of
liquids based on their
varying boiling points.