A solute is the component of a solution that is present in a smaller amount and is dissolved by the solvent. It may be a solid, liquid, or gas, and it spreads uniformly throughout the solvent to form a homogeneous mixture. For example, in a sugar solution, sugar is the solute and water is the solvent.
Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
What do you understand by the term solute with reference to a solution?
लघु उत्तर
Advertisements
उत्तर
shaalaa.com
या प्रश्नात किंवा उत्तरात काही त्रुटी आहे का?
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the steps you would use for making tea. Use the words: solution, solvent, solute, dissolve, soluble, insoluble, filtrate and residue.
Pragya tested the solubility of three different substances at different temperatures and collected the data as given below (results are given in the following table, as grams of substance dissolved in 100 grams of water to form a saturated solution).
| Substance dissolved | Temperature in K | ||||
| 283 | 293 | 313 | 333 | 353 | |
| Solubility | |||||
| Potassium nitrate | 21 | 32 | 62 | 106 | 167 |
| Sodium chloride | 36 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 37 |
| Potassium chloride | 35 | 35 | 40 | 46 | 54 |
| Ammonium chloride | 24 | 37 | 41 | 55 | 66 |
- What mass of potassium nitrate would be needed to produce a saturated solution of potassium nitrate in 50 grams of water at 313 K?
- Pragya makes a saturated solution of potassium chloride in water at 353 K and leaves the solution to cool at room temperature. What would she observe as the solution cools? Explain.
- Find the solubility of each salt at 293 K. What salt has the highest solubility at this temperature?
- What is the effect of change of temperature on the solubility of a salt?
Explain the following giving an example.
Saturated solution
Explain the following giving an example.
Suspension
The component present in a lesser amount, in a solution, is called ______
Give an example of a solid in a liquid.
Name the process associated with the following
A potassium permanganate crystal is in a beaker and water is poured into the beaker with stirring.
Can a solution be heterogeneous?
A group of students took an old shoebox and covered it with black paper from all sides. They fixed a source of light (a torch) at one end of the box by making a hole in it and making another hole on the other side to view the light. They placed a milk sample contained in a beaker/tumbler in the box as shown in Fig.2.4. They were amazed to see that milk taken in the tumbler was illuminated. They tried the same activity by taking a salt solution but found that light simply passed through it?
(a) Explain why the milk sample was illuminated. Name the phenomenon involved.
(b) The same results were not observed with a salt solution. Explain.
(c) Can you suggest two more solutions that would show the same effect as shown by the milk solution?
When the solid (Solute) dissolves in a liquid (Solvent), it becomes a solution.
