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Q: How does the universal solvent help living things?
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Does baking soda and water help a upset stomach and is it a solvent or solute?

Yes


How is tide laundry detergent a solvent?

It isn't really. Water is the solvent when you are washing clothes. The ingredients in the detergent help the dirt into solution or suspension in various different ways.


What three things can increase the solubility of a solute?

To increase the solubility of a solute:Increase the temperature.Crsuh the solute to powder so you have a larger surface area to volume ratio.Increase the stirring/mixing rate.


Why grinding help a solution dissolve rapidly?

It increases the surface area of the solute that is exposed to the solvent.


What three properties of water make it a universal solvent?

The fact that water is a universal solvent is a commonly used sentence, but it does not mean that no substance is insoluble in water. fats for example are practically insoluble in water, as the experiment of putting oil in water simply demonstrates (the two phases remains separated). Water is very good at solving polar substances due to the polar nature of the water molecule that is able to establish weak bond with a very low energetic content (called hydrogen bonds) with charged molecules . When a polar solute is put in water, the solute molecules are decomposed by water in charged parts (called ions) that are surrounded by a layer of water molecules bonded to ions with hydrogen bonds. This configuration has a lower energy content with respect to the configuration of water alone and solute molecules alone, thus the solute molecule decomposition is spontaneous.

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