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A saltwater solution forms when salt is dissolved in water. Solids do not dissolve in gasses, though they can sometimes change from a solid state to a gaseous state in a process known as sublimation. This is not analogous to dissolving.

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What solid turns into liquid solution?

A solid that dissolves in a liquid solvent will form a liquid solution. For example, when table salt (solid) is mixed with water (liquid), it forms a saltwater solution.


What is made up of two components the most common configuration being a solid solute and a liquid solvent?

This is known as a solid-liquid solution where the solid solute dissolves in the liquid solvent to form a homogeneous mixture. An example is salt (solid) dissolving in water (liquid) to form a saltwater solution.


What is a solute and solevent in a saltwater solution?

In a basic saltwater solution, the water molecules would be the solvent and the salt molecules would be the solute.


Why does salt separated from a saltwater solution look different than the salt that dissolves in the water?

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What is a substance that dissolve to make a solution?

The solid that dissolves into a solution by water is called a solute. The solvent is water or another liquid and it dissolves the solute. Both together, it is called a solution.


What statement describes solute?

The solute is the substance that dissolves in a solvent to form a solution.


When a solid dissolves in water is the solid called a solute?

Yes: Solvent is the thing it dissolves into (eg. water) Solute is the thing being dissolved (eg. salt) Solution is what is create (the salt dissolved in water makes a salt solution)


What is the substance that dissolves to make a solution?

The substance that dissolves is called the "solute" and the substance that the solute dissolves in is called the "solvent".


Is melts and dissolves the same thing?

melt is when a solid changes into a liquid. Dissolve is when a solid becomes incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution.


An aqueous solution of sodium chloride is best classified as a what?

An aqueous solution of sodium chloride is best classified as a saltwater solution. Sodium chloride, or table salt, dissolves in water to form a clear, colorless solution.


A solution is always a liquid. comment.?

A solution is not always a liquid: An alloy like brass is a solid in solid solution, and air is a gas in gas solution.


Can solids mixtures be solutions?

Yes. A solution consists of a Solute - which is dissolved into another substance known as a Solvent.An example of a solid solution would be with steel (Carbon in Iron), and Alloys (eg. Bronze)