Soluble or Insoluble
Summary: We had to mix different solutes into solvents (water). We
recorded are results in tables. The solutes that we used in this
experiment were salt, coffee, copper carbon, copper sulphate, sugar
and flour. The table is below.
Substances mixed
with water
Salt
Coffee
Copper carbon
Copper sulphate
Sugar
Flour
Clear or cloudy
Solution Yes/No
Clear
Clear
Cloudy
Clear
Clear
Cloudy
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
1. Which substances dissolved in water?
The substances that dissolve in water are salt, coffee, sugar,
copper carbon, and flour.
2. How can you tell if a substance has dissolved? You can tell a
substance is dissolved because it becomes a liquid without any
visible particles left over.
3. Which of the mixtures could be separated by filtration? The
mixtures that can be separated by a filtration are copper
carbon, flour.