SOLUTION CHEMISTRY

ACID

• Definition: a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt.
• My own Words: a substance with a sour taste.

BASE

• Definition: A base is a chemical species that donates electrons or hydroxide ions.
• My own Words: A base is a chemical species that accepts protons.

COLLIGATIVE

• Definition: Depending on the quantity of particles, especially molecules or ions, but not on their chemical nature: colligative properties.
• My own Words: depending on the number of molecules.

COLLOID

• Definition: A type of homogeneous mixture in which the dispersed particles do not settle out.
• My own Words: the solid suspended phase in such a mixture.

CONCENTRATION