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Name the following:The substance dissolved in a solvent .


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  • The substance dissolved in a solvent is called a solute.
  • Solution is a mixture of two components that is solvent and solute.
  • Solvent is that part of the mixture that dissolves solute in it, and solute is that part of the mixture that gets dissolved in the solvent.
  • For example: In a salt solution salt is dissolved in water therefore it is the solute and water here is the solvent.

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