GLOSSARY

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LESSON 12

• GLOSSARY

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• SOLVENT THE SUBSTANCE IN A SOLUTION THAT
  DISSOLVES THE SOLUTE.
• SOLUTE THE SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES IN A
  SOLVENT. SOLUTES MAY BE SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, OR
  GASES.
• SOLUTION A HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE OF A SOLVENT AND
  SOLUTE.

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• AQUEOUS SOLUTION SOLUTIONS IN WHICH WATER IS
  THE SOLVENT.
• ELECTROLYTE A SOLUTION THAT CONDUCTS
  ELECTRICITY.
• NONELECTROLYTE A SOLUTION THAT DOES NOT CONDUCT
  ELECTRICITY.
• DISSOCIATE WHEN AN ELECTROLYTE SPLITS INTO
  IONS.

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• STRONG ELECTROLYTE A SOLUTION SUCH AS SOCIUM
  CHLORIDE, THAT READILY CONDUCTS ELECTRICITY
  BECAUSE ITS IONS ARE DRAWN TO AN ELECTRODE OF AN
  OPPOSITE CHARGE.
• WEAK ELECTROLYTES A SOLUTION THAT DOES NOT
  CONDUCT ELECTRICITY VERY WELL DUE TO INCOMPLETE
  DISASSOCIATION.