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| water that is fit for human consumption |
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great pool of water trapped in sand and gravel 50–500 ft below the surface
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water from lakes, rivers, and reservoirs
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water pumped from wells that have been drilled into underground aquifers
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substance capable of dissolving other substances
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substance that dissolves in a solvent
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homogeneous mixture of uniform composition
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solution in which water is the solvent
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naturally occurring element or compound that usually has a definite chemical composition, a crystalline structure, and is formed as a result of geological processes
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ratio of amount of solute to amount of solution
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type of glassware that contains a precise amount of solution when filled to the mark on its neck
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measure of an atom's attraction for the electrons it shares in a covalent bond
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covalent bond in which the electrons are not equally shared, but rather displaced toward the more electronegative atom
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force that exists within a molecule
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force that occurs between molecules
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electrostatic attraction between a hydrogen atom bearing a partial positive charge in one molecule and an O, N, or F atom bearing a partial negative charge in a neighboring molecule
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the ratio of mass per unit volume
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quantity of heat energy that must be absorbed to increase the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1°C
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an apparatus that produces a signal to indicate that electricity is being conducted
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nonconducting solute in solutions
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conducting solute in solution
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atom or group of atoms that has acquired a net electrical charge as a result of gaining or losing one or more electrons
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positively charged ion
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chemical bond formed by the attraction between oppositely charged ions
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compound composed of electrically charged ions that are present in fixed proportions and are arranged in a regular, geometric pattern
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ion that is made up of two or more atoms covalently bound together
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compound capable of causing cancer
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| maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) |
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maximum level of a contaminant in drinking water at which no known or anticipated adverse effect on a person's health would occur
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| maximum contaminant level (MCL) |
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legal limit for the concentration of a contaminant
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graph made by carefully measuring the absorbencies of several solutions of known concentration for the species being analyzed
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any process that removes ions from salty water
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separation process in which a solution is heated to its boiling point and the vapors of the various components are condensed and collected
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purification process that uses pressure to force the movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a region of high solute concentration to a region of lower solute concentration
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natural tendency for a solvent to move through a membrane from a region of higher solvent concentration to a region of lower solvent concentration
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