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Solutions, Acids, Bases, and Salts
General information about solutions, acids, bases, and salts.
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Chemistry
8th Grade
05/14/2012

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What is a heterogeneous mixture?
Definition
A mixture in which the particles are not evenly spread throughout.
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What is a suspension?
Definition
A mixture that particles are mostly evenly spread out through another substance.
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What is a colloid?
Definition
A mixture made up of tiny particles, intermediate in size to a suspension and solution, that are suspended in a solid, liquid, or a gas.
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What is an emulsion?
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Any mixture of two or more imiscible liquids in which one liquid is dispersed in the other.
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How is a solvent different from a solute?
Definition
A solute dissolves in the solvent.
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How could you separate a miscible liquid?
Definition
By boiling it: The liquid with the lower boiling point would evaporate first, leaving the other liquid.
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What is an alloy?
Definition
An alloy is a mixture of two or more metals.
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Why is water the universal solvent?
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Because it is a polar molecule. It's structure of negative and positive atoms makes it pull substances apart (dissolving them).
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What is meant by water being a polar molecule?
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It means that water has separate positive and negative charges.
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What do non-polar molecules do in water?
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They do not dissolve?
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Why does heat help things to dissolve?
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Because it causes the atoms to move faster, causing more collisions and therefore, more dissolving.
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What is solubility?
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The ability of one substance to dissolve in another substance at a certain temperature and pressure.
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What does it mean if something is highly concentrated?
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There is a lot of solute in the solvent.
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What is a saturated solution?
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A saturated solution is a solution in which no more solute can be dissolved in it at that certain temperature and pressure.
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What is a supersaturated solution?
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A solution in which more solute has been dissolved into a saturated solution because the temperature and/or pressure has been changed.
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How do you calculate Molarity?
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M=mol/L
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Describe acids.
Definition
Have a sour taste, are corrosive, can damage skin, and conduct electricity.
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Describe bases.
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Have a bitter taste, are slippery, can damage skin, and can conduct electricity.
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What is an electrolyte?
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A substance added to water that dissolves and can conduct an electric current.
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Describe the pH scale.
Definition
0 is the most acidic.
7 is neutral.
14 is the least acidic.
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Why do acids neutralize bases?
Definition
Because the hydronium ions react with the hydroxide ions to form water, a neutral substance.
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What is titration?
Definition
Adding carefully measured amounts of one solution to another.
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How does soap work?
Definition
Soap emulsifies oil and water, allowing them to be washed away, leaving the object clean.
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How is a detergent different from a soap?
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Detergents do not leave soap scum because it doesn't form insoluble salts when they react with hard water.
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How does an antacid work?
Definition
It neutralizes stomach acid (HCl).
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What would happen if you mix bleach and ammonia?
Definition
It would form toxic chloramine gas.
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What is hard water?
Definition
Water containing Magnesium, Iron, and Calcium.
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How does an antioxidant work?
Definition
It protects whatever it is in contact with from reacting with water.
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What would happen if you mix vinegar and baking soda?
Definition
CO2 would be released, causing an eruption.
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