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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Evaporating?

Definition 3.7 School Chemistry — Grades 1 to 12 · Chapter 3 — Separating Mixtures

To get back a solid that is dissolved in water, the water is left to dry away, in the sun or on a gentle heat: this is evaporating. The water goes into the air; the solid stays in the dish.

Evaporating, in the laboratory: the dish is warmed gently on a hotplate by the teacher. The salt stays in the dish.
Evaporating, in the laboratory: the dish is warmed gently on a hotplate by the teacher. The salt stays in the dish.

Examples

Example 3.8 (Salt from salty water)

A little salty water is poured into a shallow dish and left on a sunny window sill. Days later there is no water left, only a white crust of salt: the salt that was dissolved.

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