Separating Mixtures Glossary Definitions

Manufacturing processes

• Processes used to make products.

• Techniques for marketing goods.

• Methods for financial analysis.

• Strategies for human resource management.

Suspended

• Hanging, not falling or sinking.

• Floating freely in the air.

• Completely submerged in water.

• Resting on a solid surface.

Separating funnel

• A pear-shaped glass container, with a tap at its base, used to separate two liquids that do not mix.

• A cylindrical container used for mixing liquids thoroughly.

• A flat dish used for evaporating liquids.

• A beaker used for measuring liquid volumes.

Suspension

• A mixture of an insoluble substance in a liquid or gas.

• A solution where a solute is completely dissolved in a solvent.

• A solid that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.

• A gas mixed with another gas.

Transparent

• Allowing light to pass through so objects behind can be seen distinctly.

• Completely opaque and not allowing any light to pass through.

• Reflecting light and creating a mirror-like surface.

• A color that is not visible to the human eye.

Soluble

• A substance that will dissolve in a liquid.

• A substance that cannot dissolve in any liquid.

• A substance that evaporates quickly when heated.

• A substance that remains solid at all temperatures.

Filtrate

• Liquid that has passed through a filter.

• A solid residue left after filtration.

• A type of chemical solution.

• A gas that has been filtered.

Decanting

• Pouring liquid off the top when sediment has settled to the bottom of the container.

• Mixing two liquids together thoroughly.

• Heating a liquid to evaporate it completely.

• Filtering a solid from a liquid using a filter paper.

Solute

• A substance that is dissolved in a solvent to form a solution.

• A liquid that dissolves a solute.

• A mixture of two or more substances.

• A solid that cannot dissolve in any liquid.

Reverse osmosis

• A technique that uses heat to evaporate water and collect the vapor.

• A method of filtering water using activated charcoal.

• A technique by which a fluid moves under pressure through a membrane from a high solute concentration to a lesser concentration; used to purify water.

• A process that involves boiling water to kill bacteria.