Combined Science GCSE
Precipitate
What Precipitate means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A fine white solid suspended in the liquid, formed when carbon dioxide reacts with calcium hydroxide and making the limewater milky or cloudy.
What the dissolved salt does when it exceeds its solubility, coming out of solution as solid crystals.
An insoluble product that forms a solid in solution and is labelled (s).
Topics that use Precipitate
- Soluble salts (AQA GCSE)
- State symbols (AQA GCSE)
- Test for carbon dioxide (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Crystallisation
- filtrate
- filtration
- gentle evaporation
- Solubility limit
- State symbols
- Calcium carbonate
- Cloudiness
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