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Not necessarily. Salt can be deemed a solute but solute can mean other things.
You can even regard oxygen dissolved in water as solute.
A solute (usually solid) in a solvent (usually liquid) is a solution (such as salty water, {brine} or a sugar solution.
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Using saltwater as a example What is s solute mean?
The pure water is the solvent and the minerals, salts that dissolved in the water (to make salt water) are called the solute. I assumed you were talking about sea/salt water? If you are talking about common salt dissolved in water the the salt is the solute and the water is the solvent.
What is the substance that is dissolved to form a solution?
its called a solute. so in the water-salt mix, the water is thesolvent n the salt is the solute. -PJ
What is in a solution is the substance in which the solute disolves?
The solute is the substance that has been dissolved in the solvent. I.e. if salt is dissolved in water, the salt is the solute.
What melts the solvent or solute?
Dissolving is not the same thing as melting. When you dissolve salt in water, for example, neither the salt nor the water melts. In the example of salt in water, salt is the solute and water is the solvent. The salt (which is the solute) is what dissolves (but does not melt).
In salt water what is the solvent and what is the solute?
When salt dissolves in water, the salt is the solute, and the solvent is the water. Whenever you have a solution, the substance that is being dissolved is the solute, the substance that it is being dissolved in is the solvent.
Is salt a solute?
salt is the solute
What do the terms solute and solvent mean?
A solute dissolves in a solvent. For example, salt dissolves in water.
What is solute and solvent of an salt solution?
Salt is the solute. Water is the solvent in a salt solution.
Using saltwater as a example What is s solute mean?
The pure water is the solvent and the minerals, salts that dissolved in the water (to make salt water) are called the solute. I assumed you were talking about sea/salt water? If you are talking about common salt dissolved in water the the salt is the solute and the water is the solvent.
Is salt in a salt solution is solvent or solute?
Solute, because it is the minor component in the solution and it is what dissolves in the solvent. For example: Salt Water - The salt is the solute that dissoles in the solvent, which is water.
What is the solvent in an aqueous solution of salt?
The solvent is water, the solute is salt; solvent and solute form a solution.
Is water the solute in a salt water solution?
No, salt is the solute and water is the solvent
In salt water the salt is?
the salt is the solute
Is salt a solvent?
No salt is a solute
What is the solute for salt water?
salt
What is the substance that is dissolved to form a solution?
its called a solute. so in the water-salt mix, the water is thesolvent n the salt is the solute. -PJ
What is in a solution is the substance in which the solute disolves?
The solute is the substance that has been dissolved in the solvent. I.e. if salt is dissolved in water, the salt is the solute.
