National Institute of Open Schooling
Solutions
Aqua regia, or royal water in Latin, is a solvent that can dissolve solid gold and platinum into a solution. Activity nine in a series of 36 allows classes to learn, through readings and answering questions, what a solution is and the...
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Chem4 Kids: Matter: Solutions and Mixtures
This Chem4kids tutorial teaches the basic properties of solutions.
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What Is Life: Aqueous Solutions
Discussion of water as a solvent. Includes material on hydrogen bonds, hydration, hydrophobic effect, acids, basses, and pH.
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Aqueous
A chemical tutorial describes the term "aqueous" and features examples of how different substances dissolve.
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Reverse Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure What They Are
This site gives a good explanation of osmosis and reverse osmosis. Also includes a scientific diagram of the process.
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Fundamentals of Reverse Osmosis
This site provides a basic definition of reverse osmosis, with a bit of a slant on why water pretreatment is important.