What is a solution? A solution is a liquid containing another substance.

Solution

Coffee dissolving in water to make a solution. Watch it also in the video.

When a substance seems to disappear into a liquid we say it has dissolved. The mixture it forms with the liquid is called a solution. The substance has become part of the liquid.

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