Chemistry GCSE
Dilution
What Dilution means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Dilution
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Reference: AQA
Adding more solvent increases the total volume, which decreases the concentration.
Topics that use Dilution
- Atom economy (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Addition reactions
- Atom economy
- Balanced equations
- Concentration
- Concentration and volume
- Economic factors in industrial chemistry
- Evaluating competing reaction pathways
- Mass and volume relationships
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