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What type of molecule is water?
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Water is a polar molecule.
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What is surface tension?
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The inward force or pull that tends to minimize the surface area of a liquid.
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What is any substance that interferes with the hydrogen bonding between water molecules and thereby reduces surface tension?
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Surfactant.
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What is an aqueous solution?
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Water that contains dissolved substances.
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In a solution, the dissolved particles are ______.
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Solute (ex. gases)
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A ____ dissolves the solute.
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Solvent (ex. water)
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What is an electrolyte?
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A compound that conducts an electric current when it is in an aqueous solution or in the molten state.
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A ________ is a compound that does not conduct an electric current in either aqueous solution or the molten state.
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Non-electrolyte
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A _______ is a mixture from which particles settle out upon standing.
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Suspension
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What is an emulsifying agent?
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An emulsion is a heterogeneous mixture of a liquid in a liquid that do not mix without an agent.
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