solute
What gets dissolved
A solute is a substance dissolved in another substance.
In a solution of salt water, salt is the solute and water is the solvent.
The term belongs to chemistry but appears in medical and biological contexts: glucose solute in the bloodstream, the solute concentration was too high.
Headlong and reckless
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- saturationState of complete permeation
- supersaturationExceeding dissolution equilibrium limits
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
aqueous · hydration · solvation · miscible · immiscible · polar · nonpolar · ionic
Passive molecular spreading
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- semipermeableAllowing partial passage
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- gradientRate of change across space
permeation · dialysis · tonicity · hypertonic · hypotonic · isotonic · equilibrium · flux
Solute amount per volume
- ppmRatio per million
- parts per millionRatio expressing tiny concentrations
- salinityDissolved mineral concentration
- dilutionReduction in concentration
dilute · concentrated · saturation · gradient · titer · titration · quantitative · stoichiometry
precipitate
Headlong and reckless
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- saturationState of complete permeation
- supersaturationExceeding dissolution equilibrium limits
dissociation · aqueous · hydration · solvation · miscible · immiscible · polar · nonpolar · ionic · molecular
diffusion
Passive molecular spreading
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- semipermeableAllowing partial passage
- membraneThin tissue sheet
gradient · permeation · dialysis · tonicity · hypertonic · hypotonic · isotonic · equilibrium · flux · permeability
molarity
Solute amount per volume
- ppmRatio per million
- parts per millionRatio expressing tiny concentrations
- salinityDissolved mineral concentration
dilution · dilute · concentrated · saturation · gradient · titer · titration · quantitative · stoichiometry · aliquot
electrolyte
Conductive dissolved substance
urea · mineral · ion · cation · anion · sodium chloride · potassium · calcium · bicarbonate · amino acid
- homalozoans
- chemistryatom, atoms, organic chemistry, molecule, chemistry
- transport phenomenadiffusion, heat transfer, heat conduction, thermal conduction, convection
- solutionsanswer, fix, remedy, cure, formula
- biochemistryenzymes, proteins, biochemistry, protein, enzyme
- crystallizationcrystal growth, nucleation, crystal structure, seed crystal, seed crystals
- creative solutionsOriginal problem-solving methods
- duct tape solution
- band-aid solutionSuperficial fix masking deeper problems
- software solutionsPrograms addressing business needs
- no solution
- saline solutionSalt dissolved in water
absolute, solution, resolute, soluble, solutions, dissolution, insoluble, absolution, dissolute