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Term | Definition |
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Hard Water | water that does not form a lather easily with soap |
Soft Water | water that forms a lather easily with soap |
Mixture | Two or more substances mingled together but not chemically combined |
Pure | When a substance or mixture is not contaminated or polluted by an unwanted source |
Impure | when a substance or mixture has been polluted or contaminated by another unwanted source |
Filtration | separation of an insoluble solid from liquid or gas |
filtrate | The liquid that is collected after passing through a filter |
Residue | The insoluble solid left in the filter after filtration |
permeable | Having pores that allow gases or liquids to pass through a membrane |
Distillation | The process in which a liquid is boiled and its vapour is condensed and collected |
Evaporation | The changing of a liquid to gas when the surface of the liquid is heated |
Miscible | Have two liquids mix evenly with each other |
Residue | the solute that is left after solvent has been removed from a solution by distillation or evaporation |
Distillate | the liquid that has been condensed from a vapour and is collected from the condenser |
Absorption | The attraction of a substance to the surface layer of another substance |
Capillary Action | The process of water particles sticking to each other and to the walls of narrow tubes which causes water top rise in the tubes |
Chromotography | The separation of dissolved substances in a solution by their attraction to the solvent |