How does dilution affect concentration?

A solute that has been dissolved in a solvent is called a solution.

When making Kool Aid, the water serves as the solvent, the powdered crystals are the solute, and the delectable Kool Aid is the solution.

Higher temperatures in the solvent will increase the rate of diffusion; however, we do not like hot Kool Aid, so we increase the energy of the solvent by stirring the mixture, adding kinetic energy and moving the particles throughout the solution. The solution is created when the Kool Aid crystal particles diffuse throughout the water. The speed of this diffusion is dependent upon the energy of the solvent and the size of the particles of the solute.

The amount of solute dissolved in the solution determines the concentration of the solution; you can adjust the concentration of Kool Aid by adding or removing Kool Aid to make the drink sweeter, more concentrated, or less sweet.

In the case of your Kool Aid, adding more water would lower the concentration. Dilution is the process of adding more solvent to the solution.

However, solutions don't just happen in liquids. Have you ever been in an elevator with someone who has smeared themselves with cologne or perfume? In this case, the solute is the particles of the cologne or perfume, and the solvent is the environment.

I hope this was useful to you, teacher.

Dilution decreases the concentration of a solution by adding more solvent to it. This results in a larger volume of the solution, but the amount of solute remains constant. Therefore, the concentration of the solute decreases in the diluted solution.