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Solution (chemistry)
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>, a solution is defined by <a href="/facts/IUPAC/2AV6myCK">IUPAC</a> as "A liquid or solid phase containing more than one substance, when for convenience one (or more) substance, which is called the solvent, is treated differently from the other substances, which are called solutes. When, as is often but not necessarily the case, the sum of the mole fractions of solutes is small compared with unity, the solution is called a dilute solution. A superscript attached to the ∞ symbol for a property of a solution denotes the property in the limit of infinite dilution." The most important parameter of a solution is the solubility of the solvent, which can be predicted computationally and is a measure of the maximum amount of solute in a given amount of solution or solvent. The term "<a href="/facts/Aqueous_solution/eRNr3MH2">aqueous solution</a>" is used when one of the solvents is <a href="/facts/Water/0lkXnJPK">water</a>. </p>