Types of Mixtures

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Heterogeneous mixture

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A mixture that does not have a uniform composition and in which the individual substances remain distinct.

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Suspensions

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Mixtures containing particles that settle out if left undisturbed.

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Colloids

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Heterogeneous mixtures of intermediate-sized particles that do not settle out, nor can they be filtered apart.

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Brownian Motion

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The jerky, random movements of particles in a liquid colloid

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Tyndall Effect

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The scattering of light by dispersed colloid particles

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Homogeneous Mixture

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A mixture that has a uniform composition

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Solvent

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The dissolving medium

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Solute

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A substance that dissolves in the solvent