Solution Definition
Single, homogenous liquid, solid, or gas phase that is a mixture in which the components (liquid, gas, solid, or combinations thereof) are uniformly distributed throughout the mixture. in a solution, the dissolved substance is called the solute; the substance in which the solute is dissolved is called the solvent.
Related Oil & Gas Terms
Emulsion
A mixture in which one liquid, termed the dispersed phase, is uniformly distributed (usually as minute globules) in another liquid, called the continuous phase or dispersion medium. in an oil-water emulsion, the oil is the dispersed phase and the water the dispersion medium; in a water-oil emulsion, the reverse holds. a typical product of oilwells,...
Precipitation
The production of a separate liquid phase from a mixture of gases (e.g., rain), or of a separate solid phase from a liquid solution, as in the precipitation of calcite cement from water in the interstices of rock....
Colloid
1. a substance whose particles are so fine that they will not settle out of suspension or solution and cannot be seen under an ordinary microscope. 2. the mixture of a colloid and the liquid, gaseous, or solid medium in which it is dispersed....
Solute
A substance that is dissolved in another (the solvent)....
Deliquescence
The liquefaction of a solid substance due to the solution of the solid by absorption of moisture from the air....
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