The heat absorbed or released when a solute is dissolved in a definite amount of solvent . The heat of solution depends on the nature of the solute and on its concentration in the final solution . The integral heat of solution when one mole of solute is added to an infinite amount of solvent is sometimes written as H , soln . Compare with extensive property . A property that does not change when the amount of sample changes.
Examples are density, pressure, temperature, color.
Compare with constructive interference and destructive interference . The amplitudes of waves moving into the same region of space add to produce a single resultant wave. The resultang wave can have higher or lower amplitude than the component waves. See constructive interference and destructive interference . A highly reactive substance that forms and then reacts further during the conversion of reactants to products in a chemical reaction.