Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
material safety
solutes, solvents are the substances that do the dissolving solutes, solvents are the substances that do the dissolving
solubility
Typically, the rule "like dissolves like" applies to solvents. Substances with like bonds will be soluble in one another. Thus, polar substances dissolve polar substances, while nonpolar substances dissolve nonpolar substances. This results from the nature of the bonds that are broken and formed in the process of solvation, and their relative energies.
Solvents are chemical substances that can dissolve, suspend or extract other materials usually without chemically changing either the solvents or the other materials. Solvents can be organic, meaning the solvent contains carbon as part of its makeup, or inorganic, meaning the solvent does not contain carbon. For example, "rubbing" alcohol is an organic solvent and water is an inorganic solvent. Hydrocarbon and oxygenated solvents are examples of types of organic solvents that can effectively dissolve many materials.
Generally, solvents.
Solutes are substances dissolved in a solvent.
Without a specified context, I assume it means polar substances dissolve in polar solvents and non-polar substances dissolve in non-polar solvents.
atoms
there are hundreds of kinds of solvents. some, like water, are fairly harmless. But the powerful chemical solvents used in industry are not. they dissolve many substances, including our skin and flash!
Phosgene is a chemical agent that is formed by decomposition of chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents by ultraviolet radiation.
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.