Chemistry Module 7, Solutions
Lesson 1. What Distinguishes Solutions from Non-Solutions?
When you are preparing coffee in the morning, you are actually making a solution. It
is considered a solution because it is a homogenous mixture of two or more substances
evenly distributed in each other. The coffee and sugar that you mix in the hot water are the
solutes or the substances dissolved, and the solvent is the hot water, the liquid material in
which the solute has dissolved. These are the components of a solution. The solute can be
in the form of solid, liquid, or gas.
Chemistry Module 7, SolutionsWhen you are preparing coffee in the morning, you are actually making a solution. It
is considered a solution because it is a homogenous mixture of two or more substances
evenly distributed in each other. The coffee and sugar that you mix in the hot water are the
solutes or the substances dissolved, and the solvent is the hot water, the liquid material in
which the solute has dissolved. These are the components of a solution. The solute can be
in the form of solid, liquid, or gas.