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Water is a polar molecule (H2O)
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What other substances are non polar and can not be dissolved by water?
Examples: butter, vegetable oils, diesel fuel.
How do you explain the phrase like dissolves like in terms of polar and nonpolar substances?
Polar substances dissolve other polar substances, and nonpolar substances dissolve other nonpolar substances. A polar substance cannot dissolve a polar substance and a nonpolar substance cannot dissolve a polar substance.
Why does cyclohexanone dissolve in benzophenone and not in water?
Cyclohexanone and benzophenone are both non-polar. Water is polar. "Like dissolves like" so non-polar substances dissovle other non-polar substances and polar substances dissolve other polar substances.
Are polar and non polar liquids soluble?
Generally not. The general rule to go by is like dissolves like. Polar substance will dissolve other polar substances while nonpolar substances will dissolve other nonpolar substances.
Do polar substances dissolve polar substances?
Polar solutes, including ionically bonded ones that can dissociate in the solvent.
What does it mean for a substance to be polar and nonpolar?
Non-polar substances have no charges (nonionic) while polar substances have charges (ionic)
Why iodine is more soluble in cl but less soluble in water?
Iodine is not soluble in water because iodine is nonpolar and water is polar. According to the "Like dissolve like" expression, nonpolar substances are soluble with nonpolar substances and polar substances are soluble with polar substances, but nonpolar substances are not soluble with polar substances.
What is very effective at dissolve other polar substances because of its?
Because it is hydrophilic...."water-loving." Examples of these are sugars, salts and ions. :)
Are hydrophobic substances polar or non-polar?
nonpolar
What types of substances dissolve in water?
In general, polar molecules. Oil, a no polar substance, does not dissolve in water.
Why can substances such as isopropyl alcohol dissolve in both polar and non-polar substances?
Because it is an intermediate polar-nonpolar solvent
Explain the statement like dissolves like?
Like dissolves like meaning that a polar substance will dissolve a polar substance and nonpolar substance will dissolve other polar substances. By contrast nonpolar and polar substances will not dissolve one another.
