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Title

Physical Science Chapter 10

Description

Section C

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Subject

Science

Level

10th Grade

Created

01/09/2012

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Term

percentage by mass or mass-percent

Definition

a method of expressing the concentration of a solute as a percentage of the total mass of the solution

Term

specific gravity

Definition

a method of determining the concentration

of a solution by comparing the density of the

solution to the density of water

Term

boiling point elevation

Definition

the effect whereby a solute raises the boiling point of the solvent in which it is dissolved

Term

freezing point depression

Definition

the effect whereby a solute lowers the freezing

point of the solvent in which it is dissolved