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Class 8 Science Chapter 9 The Amazing World of Solutes, Solvents, and Solutions Notes
Class 8 The Amazing World of Solutes, Solvents, and Solutions Notes
Class 8 Science Chapter 9 Notes – The Amazing World of Solutes, Solvents, and Solutions Notes Class 8
→ A solution is said to be formed when two or more substances mix to form a uniform mixture.
→ In the solution formed by dissolving a solid in a liquid, the solid component is known as a solute and the liquid component is known as a solvent.
→ In a solution formed by mixing two liquids, the component present in smaller quantity is known as solute, and the other component is called the solvent.
→ In air, nitrogen is considered as a solvent, while oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and other gases are considered solutes.
→ A solution in which the maximum amount of solute has been dissolved, and no more of it can be dissolved at that temperature, is called a saturated solution.
→ A solution in which more solute can be dissolved at a given temperature is called an unsaturated solution.
→ Solubility is the maximum amount of solute that can be dissolved in a fixed quantity (100 mL) of a solution or a solvent at a particular temperature.
→ Generally, in liquids, the solubility of solids increases and that of gases decreases with an increase in temperature.
→ The amount of matter present in an object is known as its mass.
→ The space occupied by an object or a substance is known as its volume.
→ Devices used to measure mass and volume are a weighing balance and a measuring cylinder, respectively.
→ The mass per unit volume of a substance is known as its density (Density = Mass/Volume).
→ Generally, density decreases with an increase in temperature, and pressure affects density differently depending on the state of matter.
You must have taken an Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) at some time in your life. ORS is used to treat dehydration by keeping your body hydrated. You have learnt to prepare ORS at home in Curiosity, Grade 6. You may have wondered why every sip of your homemade ORS tastes the same, no matter how much you drink. Why does it not taste salty in one sip and sweet in another? This is because when you add sugar and salt to water, they form a mixture in which the components are evenly distributed throughout. Can you predict whether this mixture is uniform or not? What happens when chalk powder is mixed with water? Does it form a uniform mixture?
When salt and sugar are mixed with water, a uniform mixture is formed, whereas when chalk powder or sand, or sawdust is mixed with water, the components are not evenly distributed. Such mixtures are known as non-uniform mixtures. Let us explore the science of mixing things.
What are Solute, Solvent, and Solution? Class 8 Notes
A uniform mixture, such as that of salt or sugar, and water, is called a solution. Whenever a solid is mixed with a liquid to form a solution, the solid component is called the solute, and the liquid component is called the solvent. The solute dissolves in the solvent to form a solution.
Solute + Solvent → Solution
When a solution is formed by mixing two liquids, it is not always clear which substance is dissolving the other. In such cases, the substance present in smaller amounts is called the solute, while the one in larger amounts is called the solvent.
Just as water can act as a solvent in liquid solutions, gases can also form solutions, with air being a common example. Air is a gaseous solution. Since nitrogen is present in the largest amount in the air, it is considered the solvent, while oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and other gases are considered solutes.
The Chashni (sugar syrup) of the Indian sweet Gulab jamun is made of a large amount of sugar (solid) dissolved in a small amount of water (liquid). However, the water is still considered the solvent, and sugar is the solute!
How Much Solute Can a Fixed Amount of Solvent Dissolve? Class 8 Notes
Activity 1: Let us investigate
Take a clean glass tumbler and fill it half with water. Add one spoonful of salt into it and stir well till it dissolves completely. Gradually add a spoonful of salt into the glass tumbler and stir. Observe how many spoons of salt you can add before it stops dissolving completely. Record your observations in Table 1.
How many spoons of salt were you able to dissolve before some of it remained undissolved?
What does this indicate about the capacity of water to dissolve salt?
You might have observed that, initially, the salt completely dissolves in the water, forming a solution. After adding a few more spoons of salt, a stage comes when the added salt does not dissolve completely, and the undissolved salt settles at the bottom. This indicates that the water can no longer dissolve any more salt because it has reached its limit. The solution in which more solute can be dissolved at a given temperature is called an unsaturated solution. However, when the solute stops dissolving and begins to settle at the bottom, the solution is called a saturated solution at that particular temperature.
The amount of solute present in a fixed quantity of solution (or solvent) is termed its concentration. Depending upon the amount of solute present in a fixed quantity of solution, it can be called a dilute solution (a smaller amount of solute) or a concentrated solution (more amount of solute). Dilute and concentrated are relative terms. So, one can say in Activity 1, the solution obtained by dissolving one spoon of salt is dilute as compared to that obtained by dissolving two or more spoons of salt.
Can you now reflect which solution is more concentrated: 2 spoons of salt in 100 mL of water or 4 spoons of salt in 50 mL of water?
From Activity 1, we can say that the maximum amount of solute that dissolves in a fixed quantity of the solvent is called its solubility. Does temperature affect the solubility of a solute?
How does temperature affect the solubility of a solute? Class 8 Notes
Activity 2: Let us experiment (Demonstration Activity)
Take about 50 mL of water in a glass beaker and measure its temperature using a laboratory thermometer, say 20°C. Add a spoonful of baking soda (sodium hydrogen carbonate) to the water and stir until it dissolves. Continue adding small amounts of baking soda while stirring, till some solid baking soda is left undissolved at the bottom of the beaker. Now, heat the contents to 50°C while stirring.
What happens to the undissolved baking soda?
You will observe that it has dissolved. Continue adding more baking soda while stirring at this temperature until some solid baking soda remains undissolved. Again, heat the contents further to 70°C while continuing to stir. What do you observe? The undissolved baking soda dissolves. What do you infer from this experiment?
Water at 70°C dissolves more baking soda than water at 50 °C. The amount of baking soda dissolved in water at 20°C is even less. It has been found that for most of the substances, the solubility increases with an increase in temperature. We can also say that a saturated solution at a particular temperature behaves as an unsaturated solution if the temperature is increased.
Water has primarily been used as a solvent for the preparation of medicinal formulations in Ayurveda, Siddha, and other traditional systems of medicine in India. Additionally, drug formulations have been prepared using hydro-alcoholic extracts of the herbs. The Indian systems of medicine have also referred to the use of oils, ghee, milk, and other substances as solvents for drug formulations, to help achieve the therapeutic benefits of the drug.
What inspired Asima Chatterjee to work on medicinal plants?
Asima Chatterjee is renowned for her work in developing anti-epileptic and anti-malarial drugs. She used solvents and solutions extensively to extract and isolate important compounds from medicinal plants. She earned a Doctorate of Science, becoming the second Indian woman to do so after Janaki Ammal. She became the first woman to receive the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in the field of chemical science and was also honoured with the Padma Bhushan.
Solubility of Gases Class 8 Notes
Many gases, including oxygen, dissolve in water. Oxygen dissolves in water only to a small extent. Even though present in minute quantities, it is this dissolved oxygen that sustains all aquatic life, including plants, fish, and other organisms. Is the mixture of gases in water a uniform or non-uniform mixture? It is a uniform mixture because the gases dissolve evenly in water to form a solution.
Does temperature also affect the solubility of gases in liquids? If so, how?
It has been observed that the solubility of gases generally decreases as temperature increases. More oxygen can dissolve in cold water, ensuring sufficient oxygen for aquatic life. On the other hand, when water warms up, the solubility of oxygen decreases.
Why Do Objects Float or Sink in Water? Class 8 Notes
You must have observed that some objects float while others sink in water. You may have noticed that, while washing rice, husk particles present in the rice float on the surface of the water, while rice sinks to the bottom of the container. Why does this happen? If you add oil to water, it floats on the water. Generally, it is believed that objects that float in a liquid are lighter and others that sink are heavier than the liquid.
A wooden stick and an iron rod may be of the same size, yet the iron rod feels much heavier. When we say that iron is heavier than wood, we are referring to a special property known as density, which describes the heaviness of an object. However, the density of a substance is not the only factor that decides whether it will float or sink in a particular liquid.
What is Density? Class 8 Notes
Imagine a crowded bus where many people are packed together. This is an example of high density, whereas the same bus with only a few people is an example of low density. Similarly, a forest where trees grow close to each other is called a dense forest, but if the trees are far apart, it is considered less dense.
How do scientists define density?
We have learnt that matter is anything that possesses mass and occupies space (volume).
Density is defined as the mass present in a unit volume of that substance.
The density of a substance may be expressed mathematically using the formula:
Density = \(\frac {Mass}{Volume}\)
The density of a substance is independent of its shape or size. However, it is dependent on temperature and pressure. Pressure primarily affects the density of gases, while its effect on solids and liquids is negligible.
The units in which density is expressed will depend on the units of mass and volume used. As you have learnt, the SI units of mass and volume are kilogram (kg) and cubic metre (m3), respectively. Therefore, the SI unit of density is kilogram per cubic metre, abbreviated as kg/m3. In case of liquids, other units of density are also used for convenience, such as gram per millilitre, abbreviated as g/mL, and gram per cubic centimetre, abbreviated as g/cm3.
Conversion Factor for Density
1 kg/m3 = 1000 g/m3 = 1000 g/1000 L = 1 g/L = 1 g/1000 mL = 1 g/1000 cm3
The mass of 1 mL of water is close to 1 g at room temperature.
For the measurement of the mass of water, we generally consider the volume in mL and its mass in g.
Hence, 10 mL of water would be approximately 10 g.
Similarly, 100 mL of water would be approximately 100 g.
Suppose the mass of an aluminium block is 27 g and its volume is 10 cm3, and its density is 2.7 g/cm3.
From this, it can be said that aluminium is 2.7 times denser than water. We express this fact by saying that the relative density of aluminium for water is 2.7. It is a number without any units.
Relative density of any substance with respect to water = \(\frac{\text { Density of that substance }}{\text { Density of water at that temperature }}\)
Have you noticed that some packets of ghee or oil are labelled with a volume of 1 litre but a weight of only, say, 910 grams? What does this tell us about the density of the oil, and is it less or more than that of water?
Determination of Density
The density of an object can be determined by measuring its mass and volume.
How to measure mass?
You learnt the term ‘mass’ in Curiosity, Grade 6. Mass is the quantity of matter present in any object. The instrument used to measure the mass of an object is known as a balance. You must have seen various types of balances being used by shopkeepers. Here, we are using a digital weighing balance to measure the mass. You learnt in the chapter ‘Exploring Forces’ that on Earth, weight and mass are closely related. You may measure the mass by doing the following activity.
Activity 3: Let us measure
Switch ON the digital weighing balance. Observe the initial reading on the digital weighing balance display. It should show a zero reading. If not, then we must bring it to zero by pressing the tare or reset button. Place a dry and clean watch glass or butter paper on the pan. Note the reading on the digital weighing balance. Reset the digital weighing balance reading to zero by pressing the tare or reset button as shown in Figure b. Now, carefully place the solid object, such as a stone, on the watch glass. Note the reading displayed on the balance, which gives the mass of the stone, say 16.400 g.
The mass of a liquid may be measured by replacing the watch glass with a beaker and pouring the desired amount of liquid into it.
As mentioned in Chapter 5, the words ‘mass’ and ‘weight’ are often used interchangeably in everyday language. But they have different meanings in science, which can sometimes confuse. Mass is the quantity of matter present in an object or a substance. Its units are gram (g) and kilogram (kg). On the other hand, weight is the force by which the Earth attracts an object or a substance towards itself, and it is measured in newtons (N). Most balances (except two-pan balances like in Figure) measure weight, but their scales are marked in mass units, so they show values in grams or kilograms.
How to measure volume?
A Tetra pack says it contains 200 mL of buttermilk (chach). What does that mean?
You learnt in Curiosity, Grade 6, that volume is the space occupied by an object. You also know that the SI unit of volume is cubic metres, written as m3. It is the volume of a cube whose each side is one metre in length. Volume of smaller objects is conveniently expressed in a decimetre cube (dm3) or centimetre cube (cm3). One centimetre cube is also written as one cc. Volume of liquids is expressed in litres (L), which is equivalent to 1 dm3. A commonly used submultiple of a litre is millilitre (mL), which is equivalent to 1 cm3.
One of the common apparatuses used to measure the volume of liquids is a measuring cylinder. It is a narrow transparent cylindrical container with one side open and the other side closed as shown in Figure. There are markings on the transparent body of the cylinder that indicate the volume of liquid in the measuring cylinder. We can use it to measure the desired amount of a liquid.
Measuring cylinders are available in different sizes to measure volume, 5 mL, 10 mL, 25 mL, 50 mL, 100 mL, 250 mL, etc. How accurately can these measuring cylinders measure?
Activity 4: Let us observe and calculate
In Curiosity, Grade 6, chapter ‘Temperature and Its Measurement’, you learnt how to use the thermometer and to find its smallest reading; you can do the same with a measuring cylinder. Take a measuring cylinder and observe it. Note down the following:
What is the maximum volume it can measure?
Now look at the measuring cylinder carefully. The cylinder is marked as 100 mL; therefore, it can measure volume up to 100 mL. What is the smallest volume it can measure? Look at the measuring cylinder again. How much is the volume difference indicated between the two bigger marks (for example, between 10 mL and 20 mL)?
How many smaller divisions are there between the two bigger marks?
How much volume does one small division indicate?
The smallest volume that the measuring cylinder can read is.
For the measuring cylinder shown in the Figure, the volume difference indicated between 10 mL and 20 mL, or between 40 mL and 50 mL, is 10 mL. The number of divisions between these marks is 10. So, one small division can read 10 ÷ 10 = 1 mL. That is, the smallest value that this measuring cylinder can read is 1 mL.
The smallest volume that a measuring cylinder can measure depends on the capacity of the measuring cylinder. Usually, it is 0.1 mL in smaller measuring cylinders with a capacity of 10 mL or 25 mL, it is 1 mL in a 100 mL measuring cylinder, 2 mL in a 250 mL measuring cylinder, and 5 mL in a 500 mL measuring cylinder. Suppose we want to take 70 mL of water. If we use a 50 mL measuring cylinder, it would not be possible to measure 70 mL of water in one step. First, we have to measure 50 mL of water and then 20 mL. Measuring volume in more than one step is not convenient. On the other hand, if a 250 mL or 500 mL measuring cylinder is used, the measurement can be done in one step, but the accuracy would be reduced as the smallest volume that these measuring cylinders can measure is greater than that of a 100 mL measuring cylinder. Hence, a 100 mL measuring cylinder is the best choice for this measurement.
Activity 5: Let us measure 50 mL of water
Place a clean, dry measuring cylinder on a flat surface. Pour water slowly into the measuring cylinder up to the required mark, as shown in the Figure.
If required, adjust the level of water in the measuring cylinder by adding or removing a small amount of water using a dropper. On careful observation, you will notice that the water inside the measuring cylinder forms a curved surface. This curved surface is called the meniscus. Read the mark on the measuring cylinder that coincides with the bottom of the meniscus for water or other colourless liquids. Make sure that the eyes are at level with the bottom of the meniscus while noting the readings as shown in the Figure.
Once it reaches the required level, that is, 50 mL transfers this water to the required container. In case of coloured liquids, the mark on the measuring cylinder should coincide with the top of the meniscus!
Determining the Volume of Solid Objects with Regular Shapes Class 8 Notes
Activity 6: Let us calculate
Collect various objects with a cuboid shape, such as a notebook, a shoe box, or a dice. Measure the length (l), width (w), and height (h) of the objects using a scale. Suppose the length of the notebook is 25 cm, the width is 18 cm, and the height is 2 cm. Calculate the volume by using the following formula.
Volume = l × w × h
Volume = 25 cm × 18 cm × 2 cm = 900 cm3
Record in your notebook.
Determining the Volume of Objects with Irregular Shapes Class 8 Notes
Imagine you have an object, like a stone, that does not have a regular shape. To calculate its density, the main challenge is to find its volume. Let us learn how the volume of a solid with an irregular shape can be determined.
Activity 7: Let us measure
Collect various objects from your surroundings, such as a stone, metal keys, and so on. Fill a measuring cylinder with water up to any desired volume, say 50 mL (Figure a), and record the initial volume taken in Table 2. Tie the object, say a stone, with a thread and slowly lower it into the measuring cylinder. What do you notice? Record the final volume after the level rises, say 55 mL, as shown in Figure b.
Subtract the initial volume from the final volume after the object is put into the measuring cylinder. This is the volume of the object. Record your observations in Table 2.
The values of volume are obtained in units of mL, which can be written in the equivalent unit cm3 for solids. We have already learnt to measure the mass and volume of liquids and solids of different types. These quantities can be used to calculate the density of the object or the substance.
Let us calculate the density
Density can be calculated using the following formula:
Density = \(\frac{\text { Mass }}{\text { Volume }}=\frac{16.400 \mathrm{~g}}{5 \mathrm{~cm}^3}\) = 3.28 g/cm3
Let us dig deeper!
Did you know that our planet, Earth, is composed of several layers, such as crust, upper mantle, lower mantle, outer core, and inner core, each with its particular range of density? The outermost layer, called the crust, is the lightest, and the density of the different layers increases as we move towards the centre. As one moves deeper into the Earth, both the pressure and the temperature rise significantly, making the materials heavier and more compact.
In ancient times, before large ships were invented, people used bamboo and wooden logs to travel across rivers and seas. Bamboo was used because it is light, hollow, and floats easily on water. People tied bamboo poles together to make rafts and small boats for fishing, trading, and crossing water bodies. Wooden logs, especially from strong trees, were either hollowed out to make boats or used as rafts. These simple boats, made from locally available materials, were important for moving around and connecting different places. Even today, similar traditional boats made of bamboo or wood are used in some regions not just for transport, but also as tourist attractions.
Effct of temperature on density
Generally, the density of a substance decreases with heating and increases with cooling. This can be explained based on what you have learnt in the chapter ‘Particulate Nature of Matter’. As temperature increases, the particles of a substance, whether solid, liquid, or gas, tend to move away and spread. This increases in volume, but there is no change in mass. Since the Density = Mass/Volume, upon heating, the volume increases and the density decreases. This explains why hot air moves up as it is less dense than the cool air around it. The hot air balloon works on the same principle.
Effect of Pressure on Density
Pressure affects density differently depending on the state of matter. For gases, increasing pressure causes the particles to move closer together. As a result, the volume of the gas decreases and its density increases. In the case of liquids, pressure has a small effect because they are nearly incompressible. We have learnt in the chapter ‘Particulate Nature of Matter’ that the particles in solids are very close to each other. So, how is the density of solids affected when pressure is applied? Solids are even less affected by pressure than liquids, and changes in their density are usually negligible.
Why does ice float on water?
Ice floats on water because it is lighter than liquid water. Water has a special property that its density is highest at 4 °C. It means water is heaviest at 4 °C. As the temperature drops, and water turns into ice at 0 °C, it changes structure, the particles arrange themselves in a way that takes up more space. This process is called expansion. Because the same amount of water now occupies a larger volume, its density decreases.
As a result, ice becomes lighter than liquid water and floats on its surface. This is important for animals living in lakes and oceans because ice floats; it forms a layer on top, keeping the water underneath warm enough for fish and other creatures to survive, even in extremely cold weather.
Take a glass tumbler and fill it with tap water. Carefully place a raw whole egg into the water and observe what happens. You will notice that the egg sinks to the bottom.
What change can you make to this setup to make the egg float in water instead of sinking?
In this chapter, you have learnt the concept of density and how it explains partially why some objects float while others sink.
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