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Why does water act as a solvent of ionic compounds?
Because the particles of hydrogen in the water are charged
Does waters polarity help it act as a universal solvent?
Yes. Its polarity allows it to dissolve other polar substances and many ionic compounds.
When you mix water with sugar does the sugar act as a solvent?
No, the sugar is the solute and the water is the solvent.
What is the solute part and solvent part of solutions?
sometimes. All solutions have at least one solute and one solvent. While water often does act as a solvent, some solutions have other solvents. Solutions where the solute is dissolved in water belong to a special group of solutions called aqueous solutions.
What is the solute and solvent of nitrogen?
The question doesn't make any sense. All gases are miscible, so any other gas could act as either a solute or solvent of gaseous nitrogen.
Is hydrogen chloride a solvent?
Hydrogen chloride is a polar compound. Therefore it can act as a solvent to particular polar compounds.
What do surface area and the rate something dissolve have in common?
The more surface area of a solute is exposed to a solvent, the more quickly the solvent can act on the solute, dissociating it if it's ionic. This is why finely grained salt dissolves much more quickly than a large clump of salt.
What does a solution mean?
A solution can have many definitions. It would mean the act of solving a problem or the state of being solved or the process of determining an answer to a problem. You can find definitions like these on dictionary.com
Which experiment best shows water's ability to act as a solvent?
Pour an ionic solid into water and see if it vanishes. (Because it has the ability to dissolve.)
What form does the element Bromine occur in nature?
Probably in ionic compounds where they act as anions. I don't think OBr2 will exist everywhere at all.
How does grinding a substance affect solubility?
For a given temperature and solvent, the solubility of a substance is fixed, but the rate at which a ground substance is disolved is greater because the fine particles present a greater surface area upon which the solvent can act.
What feature of the bond between hydrogen and oxygen is most important in explaining how water can act as a powerful solvent?
The electronegativity difference between oxygen and hydrogen is quite large, which means that bond possess a high polarity. This enables water (which has two O-H bonds) to "surround" similar covalent compounds and dissociate many ionic compounds.
