aqueous solution
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- /ˈeɪkwiəs səˈluːʃən/
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solución acuosa
- In the second half of the wash station, foam is washed with an aqueous solution of surfactants and detergents that can be recirculated through the system.
- dyes from aqueous solution
Examples
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Most chemical reactions in the lab occur in an aqueous solution where water serves as the solvent.
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The GAGs flop about in an aqueous solution that contains a mixture of ions.
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So what happens in aqueous solution, right?
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Let me just point out that if I had blue, I would be indicating the aqueous solution here in blue.
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And so if I put this in an aqueous solution and I begin to add base to it, what happens to these two protons?
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And if you do that, if you make those things and you throw them into water so you have an aqueous solution, this is what you'll get.
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However, to form sulfur, the process relied on dissolving oxygen in the aqueous solution.
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Students could mix weak aqueous solutions of hydrochloric acid and silver nitrate.
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Currently, wetlands are treated with an aqueous solution containing 2.2 kg/ha glyphosate and 1% volume/volume of surfactant.
Academic text (2011) -
" Miracle Mineral Solution or MMS, is the colloquial product name for an aqueous solution of 28% sodium chlorite in distilled water.
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Synonyms
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A liquid mixture where one substance is dissolved in another
How Concentrated
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a solution in which water is the solvent' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'aqueous' (pertaining to water) with 'solution' (a dissolved mixture). This adjective+noun compositional pattern is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Aqueous solution comes from aqueous, from the old word 'aqua' meaning 'water', and solution, meaning something 'dissolved' in a liquid. So it means a liquid where 'water' is the main part and something else is 'dissolved'.