• Solution - a homogeneous mixture of substances.

  • The major component is known as the solvent.

  • The substances dissolved in it (by definition minor components) are solutes.

   

• Solubility - a measure of how much solute will dissolve in a given solvent under given conditions (default = 20 °C, 1 atm).

• Liquids which dissolve in each other are called miscible.

• Liquids which do not dissolve in each other are considered immiscible.

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Last modified 9 February 2015