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Title: Solutions terminology
Post by: estudiantedequimica2018 on February 08, 2018, 02:27:22 PM

I have a question about terminology related to solutions. For example, if sodium chloride is dissolved in water, water is the solvent, sodium chloride is the solute and the sodium chloride solution is the solution. However, is there a name for the Na+ and Cl- ions in the solution? I mean something that refers to the fact that they are the result of dissolution, they are not just ions.

Title: Re: Solutions terminology
Post by: wildfyr on February 08, 2018, 03:59:00 PM

I would call them solvated ions.

Title: Re: Solutions terminology
Post by: estudiantedequimica2018 on February 12, 2018, 03:53:20 PM

Quote from: wildfyr on February 08, 2018, 03:59:00 PM

I would call them solvated ions.

Thank you very much, that's exactly what I was after.