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Amalgam of mercury comes under the category of solid solutions in which the solute is a liquid and solvent is a solid. The liquid solute is mercury and the solid solvent is sodium.

A solution is the homogeneous mixture of two or more than two components.

Powdered sugar dissolves faster in hot water than it does in cold water because hot water has more energy than cold water. When water is heated, the molecules gain energy and, thus, move faster. As they move faster, they come into contact with the sugar more often, causing it to dissolve faster.

The solutions obtained by dissolving a solute in any solvent other than water are called non aqueous solutions (non acqueous means without water). For example, if a solute is dissolved in any solvent such as benzene, alcohol, ether, carbon, disulphide, carbon tetrachloride, acetone, etc., the solution obtained is called a non aqueous solution.
) Non Aqueous soln: Ethanol + glucose
Solid in non aqueous: Sugar in Ethanol
2) blood, starch, ink : Collidal Soln.
sugar sol., salt sol : true soln.

Carbon tetrachloride is nonpolar and will not mix with water. Benzene is also non-polar and won't mix with water at all. 

An aqueous solution is a solution in which the solvent is water. It is usually shown in chemical equations by appending (aq) to the relevant chemical formula. For example, a solution of table salt, or sodium chloride (NaCl), in water would be represented as Na⁺(aq) + Cl^-(aq).

Solvation, also sometimes called dissolution, is the process of attraction and association of molecules of a solvent with molecules or ions of a solute. 

A suspension is a heterogeneous mixture in which some of the particles settle out of the mixture upon standing.

Solution formed by mixing two different species is a binary solution. Hence number of components is $2$.

A solution is defined as a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances.