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solution
Chemistry; General chemistry
Mixture of a solid and a liquid where the solid never settles out, for example, saltwater.
solvent
Chemistry; General chemistry
Liquid in which something is dissolved, for example, the water in saltwater.
spontaneous reaction
Chemistry; General chemistry
A reaction that will proceed without any outside energy.
state property
Chemistry; General chemistry
A state property is a quantity that is independent of how the substance was prepared. Examples of state properties are altitude, pressure, volume, temperature and internal energy.
states of matter
Chemistry; General chemistry
Solid, liquid, gas and plasma. Plasma is a "soup" of disassociated nuclei and electrons, normally found only in stellar objects.
stoichiometry
Chemistry; General chemistry
The art of figuring how much stuff you'll make in a chemical reaction from the amount of each reagent you start with.
subshell
Chemistry; General chemistry
One part of a level, each of which can hold different numbers of electrons.