Solution: A substance (the solute) whose molecules are evenly mixed with the molecules of another substance (the solvent) without any chemical change.
Solutions never settle. Solutions do not scatter light.
Soluble: Able to dissolve and form a solution.
Salt is soluble in water. Quartz is not soluble.
Dissolving: To go into a solution.
When salt is placed in water it dissolves because it is soluble.
Colloid: Very small particles of a substance evenly mixed with the molecules of a another substance without any chemical change.
Colloidal particles are larger than the molecules in a solution.
Colloids do not settle. Colloids do scatter light; a beam of light is visible as it reflects off the particles in a colloid.
Examples: mayonnaise, smoke, fog, ink, milk.
Suspension: A mixture of solid particles in a liquid. The particles may not be evenly mixed and they will eventually settle out.
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Solutions never settle. Solutions do not scatter light.
Soluble: Able to dissolve and form a solution.
Salt is soluble in water. Quartz is not soluble.
Dissolving: To go into a solution.
When salt is placed in water it dissolves because it is soluble.
Colloid: Very small particles of a substance evenly mixed with the molecules of a another substance without any chemical change.
Colloidal particles are larger than the molecules in a solution.
Colloids do not settle. Colloids do scatter light; a beam of light is visible as it reflects off the particles in a colloid.
Examples: mayonnaise, smoke, fog, ink, milk.
Suspension: A mixture of solid particles in a liquid. The particles may not be evenly mixed and they will eventually settle out.
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