Potions Notes - Year 1
written by Ivy GreenBriar
Collection of notes from the first year Potions Class
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12/14/22
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Lesson 2: Where Are We?
Chapter 1
- A potion is a magical mixture composed of magical, mundane, and transitional ingrediants
- Compound: a single substance formed by two or more atoms
- Mixture: Combines two or more compounds together
- Heterogenous: see the different parts of the mixture i.e. trail mix
- Homogeneous: cannot visibly see the parts but they can still be pulled apart
- A potion is a mix of compounds
- Solution: a mixture with a smaller amount of substance, solute, spread throughout a greater quantity of another substance, solvent
- A solid is created from atoms and molecules which are moving slowly and packed together
- A liquid has more dynamic activity and are packed looser
- A gas has active movement and are the least closely packed
- Another fourth substance is called plasma
- Phase transition is when a substance goes into a new phase i.e. liquid to gas
- Phase transition typically occur from thermal energy
- Brewing process requires energy of heat and the magic of your wand
