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Solvent: Mercury

solute, other metals, nowadays mostly silver, copper

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An amalgam is an alloy with different metals; dental amalgam has many recipes.

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Short answer: Yes! Yes it very much is!

Long answer:Yes! because:

Amalgam: A solution made by a liquid in a solid.

Solution:A solute dissolved in a solvent. A mixture. Can be:

solid in solid

liquid in solid

gas in solid

solid in liquid

liquid in liquid

gas in liquid

gas in gas

Mixture: substances mixed physically. can be separated by physical methods like filtration...etc

Compound: substances mixed chemically. Can only be separated through chemical processes: heating, passing electricity through it,...etc

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An amalgam is a substance formed by the reaction of mercury with another metal.Almost all metals can form amalgams with mercury, notable exceptions being iron and platinum. Silver-mercury amalgams are important in dentistry, and gold-mercury amalgam is used in the extraction of gold from ore.

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Yes- the reaction results in a compound.

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Yes, amalgam is a (special case of a) solid solution.

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Yes it is

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liquid and solid

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What is the solute of dental amalgam

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What is the solute and solvent of dental amalgam

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What are various type of solid solutions in dentistry?

One of them is amalgam. In dentistry, amalgam is an alloy of mercury with various metals used for dental fillings, most commonly silver-amalgam.


What is solute and solvent of amalgam?

Amalgam is not a solution, it is an alloy of Mercury and silver. Depending on the amount of mercury present in the alloy, amalgam is solid or liquid at room temperature.


What is an example of a solid dissolved in another solid?

amalgam of Mercury in sodium


Is an alloy solvent?

Amalgam is not a solution, it is an alloy of mercury and silver. Depending on the amount of mercury present in the alloy, amalgam is solid or liquid at room temperature.


What are some examples of solid liquid solutions?

salt solution,amalgam those are examples of solid in liquid solution(hope i help in something)


What is an example of a solid and a solid?

An example of a solid and gas solution: hydrogen dissolved in palladium.


What is formed when a solid dissolves in a solvent?

A solution, which means that there is two states mixed together (solid and liquid). It is technically a liquid, because area is stable but shape is no, but you can separate the solid from the liquid easily enough.


What the examples of solid solution?

An example of a solid solution is ice. A solid has a fixed volume and a fixed shape.


Is steel is example of solid liquid solution?

It is a solid.


What is a solution and what is an example?

An example of a solid and gas solution: hydrogen dissolved in palladium.


Give you an example of solution and tell you why is it an example of solution?

1.gold is a solution of gold containing some copper.it is the example of solid solution.


What is solid solution?

A solid solution is formed when two crystalline solids combine to form a crystal lattice. One example of a solid solution is copper and zinc mixing to create brass.