AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy · 8464
Specification 5.1.1.2, 5.3.2.5, 5.7.1.2 · Paper 3, Paper 4
The liquid in which a substance dissolves to form a solution.
Revise: Separation of MixturesThe liquid that does the dissolving is the solvent, and the dissolved substance is the solute. In copper sulfate solution, water is the solvent and copper sulfate is the solute.
- Revise: Concentration of Solutions
- Revise: Fractional Distillation
A substance, usually a liquid, that dissolves another substance to form a solution.