Chemistry GCSE
dilute
What dilute means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Having a small amount of acid per unit volume, which is not the same as being weak.
Describes a solution with a small amount of substance in a given volume.
Topics that use dilute
- Strong and weak acids (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Complete ionisation in aqueous solution
- Ion formation and equations
- Link between ionisation and pH
- Neutrality
- Quantitative comparison of acids
- reversible arrow
- weak acid
- Concentrated
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