Solubility

Activity 37: What Dissolves?

 MIXTURES
Homogenous Mixtures
 A mixture where the
components that make up
the mixture are uniformly
distributed throughout the
mixture.
Heterogeneous Mixtures
A mixture where the
components of the mixture
are not uniform and can be
seen clearly.

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Homogenous

Heterogeneous
DISSOLVE:
To form a solution by mixing it with a liquid
PARTS OF A SOLUTION
Solvent: “what is doing the dissolving” – usually a liquid
Solute: “what is being dissolved” – usually the solid
 “WATER IS THE
UNIVERSAL SOLVENT”
One of the most valuable
properties of water is ability
to dissolve many different
substances.
 SOLUTE VS. SOLVENT
YOU ADD THE SOLUTE (SOLID) INTO THE
SOLVENT
When making iced tea, you add the sugar into the
water and then mix it. The sugar is the solute and
the water is the solvent.
Usually more solvent than solute.
SOLUTION:
Is the process by which a gas, liquid, or solid is
homogenously spread within a gas, liquid, or solid
without chemical change.
Formation of a solution is considered a physical change.
SOLUBLE vs. INSOLUBLE
SOLUBLE: will dissolve in a liquid
 Depend on temperature
 As temperature increases, most solid and liquid solutes

become more soluble, whereas gas solutes become less soluble

INSOLUBLE: will not dissolve in a liquid
 Still solid within the liquid
CONCENTRATION
Amount of solute that is dissolved per amount of
solvent
SATURATION
The process that occurs when no more of something can
be absorbed, combined with or added.