Why does agitating a liquid/gas mixture cause the two to separate, while agitating other combinations of solid/liquid/gas makes the mixture more uniform?
In: Chemistry
Agitating either causes the mixture to approach equilibrium. The liquid/gas solution you think of is probably carbonated water. Shaking it in a low pressure environment (like our atmosphere) causes air to leave the solution. If you shook water in a high pressure CO2 environment, then more CO2 would dissolve in the water.
Solids can’t dissolve in air, so they just dissolve uniformly in the liquid.
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