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A basic rule-of-thumb when determining solubility is 'like dissolves like', meaning that a solute will be dissolved by a solvent with similar chemical properties, the most important being its predominant intermolecular force. For oil molecules that are themselves non-polar, they interact with each other mostly through London dispersion forces. Polar solvents, however, interact with either dipole-dipole interactions or hydrogen bonding and therefore would interact poorly with oils. Poor interaction is entropically unfavourable for dissolution. However, with non-polar solvents that interact with London dispersion forces themselves, they can readily interact with oils and dissolve them.
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∙ 12y agoSmall polar organic compounds such as methanol, ethanol, methanoic acid, ethanoic acid, mono or disaccharides will dissolve in polar solvents like water.
Large organic molecules or non-polar organic molecules tend to be held together by dispersion forces so they dissolve in non-polar solvents like petroleum distillates or benzene.
The body gets around this problem by having many polar sites on complex organic molecules so they can dissolve in our tissue fluid or blood.
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What is the solute and solvent of flour?
Baking soda may be the solute in water as a solvent.
What does a glue stick dissolve in?
Try acetone. It will dissolve most plastics. Wear gloves to protect your hands (acetone will dissolve all the oils from your hands also!).
What does universal solvent mean?
The term universal solvent means that most things dissolve in it. So, since water is the universal solvent, most things do dissolve in water.
What is solvent and dissolve?
A solvent is a chemical which has the capacity to dissolve a solute. Water is the most commonly used solvent, and it dissolves a lot of things, such as sugar and salt. To dissolve, is for a solid material to become part of a liquid solvent and to thereby lose its solidity, and to mix in.
What are 5 examples of solvents?
1- Water, the most commonly used one. 2- Oil 3-Mercury 4-Bromine 5-copper(in a liquid state)
Nonpolar solvents will most easily dissolve solids that are?
Covalent
Why are halogens more soluble in non - polar solvents like cyclohexane?
Halogens on their own are simple elements and are thus nonpolar. Nonpolar substances dissolve most easily in nonpolar solvents.
Could somebody explain the phrase like dissolves like?
This means that substances are more likely to dissolve in other substances with similar chemical properties. It is most often used when discussing polar and nonpolar solvents. For example, oil will not dissolve in water because oil is nonpolar and water is polar. Basically, a polar solvent will generally dissolve polar solutes and sometimes ionic solutes, and a nonpolar solvent will generally dissolve nonpolar solutes.
You have a spot of oil which is nonpolar on your favorite shirt.in which substance will the oil be most likely to dissolve?
The oil is nonpolar, so it will be more likely to dissolve in a nonpolar substance. Substances such as gasoline, kerosene, or other nonpolar solvents would be more effective at dissolving the oil spot on your shirt.
What is a versatile solvent?
A good solvent can be water for polar compounds. Water is called the universal solvent because many polar substance dissolve in it. However, a nonpolar solute would dissolve in a nonpolar solvent.
How do you dissolve plastics?
With solvents. The kind of solvent depends on the "plastic" involved. Polystyrene dissolves in benzene or toluene Polyurethane (not the thermoplastic which is insoluble in most solvents) can dissolve in acetone. Polyethylene is resistant to most organic solvents. Styrofoam will dissolve in the isopropanol solvents used in some glues. This can be helpful or hindering when working with arts and crafts.
Is NaCl most likely to dissolve in benzene a nonpolar solvent?
no
What solvent can best dissolve glycine betaine?
Glycine betaine is a highly soluble compound and can dissolve in a variety of solvents. However, it is most soluble in polar solvents such as water, ethanol, and methanol.
Why do ionic compounds do not dissolve in organic solvent?
The typical rule for dissolving substances in one another is that substances most readily dissolve other substances with similar bonds. Alkanes are nonpolar because they have mostly nonpolar bonds. On the other hand, ionic compounds have ionic bonds, which are extremely polar. Therefore, because the difference in bond type, ionic compounds do not dissolve in any alkane.
Can ethyl alcohol dissolve oil?
No. Like water ethyl alcohol is a polar solvent and will not dissolve most nonpolar solutes such as oil.
What will lipids dissolve in?
Most lipids may dissolve in hydrophobic, oily, apolar solvents like oil, benzene, chloroforme and octanol.
Polar solvents dissolve the solute?
Polar solvents will dissolve ionic or polar solutes. This is due to the solubility rule that states that like dissolves like. So a polar solvent will not dissolve non-polar solutes.
