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Water is considered a "universal solvent" because of its ability to dissolve many substances.
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Is it true water is a solvent for salt?
true
Water serves as a medium or solvent in which other reactions occur and water is referred to as the universal solvent is that true or false?
True according to the text book "Fundamentals of Anatomy Physiology"
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.
Is is true or false thae you can make concentrated solution more dilute by adding solvent?
The statement is true. Solvent is what you dissolve a solute in. In chemistry, your solvent is usually going to be water. So, if you have a concentrated solution and you pour some more water into it, you're diluting the solution.
What is true of all solutions?
All solutions are homogeneous. Water is an example of a universal solvent.
What is the name of the element that is called universal solvent?
It's not an element, but a compound that's called the universal solvent, and that compound is water. The strong polar nature of water means that it dissolves many polar covalent and ionic substances.
Which is true about sugar dissolving in water Sugar is the solvent and water is the solute. Both sugar and water are solvents. Sugar is the solute and water is the solvent. Both sugar and water are so?
One is going to be the solvent and one will be the solute, they can't be both at the same time. You usually put sugar into something such as water or tea or soda. That makes the sugar the solute (goes into) and the other, like water, the is the solvent. A good way to remember this is that the solvent is the part of a solution present in the largest amount.
How is the hot saltwater solution is classified?
Simple: a true solution of a salt in water or another solvent.
What is a water solvent?
Water is the Universal solvent
What is solvent of sea water?
Solvent is water.
What is called the solute if the solvent is water?
True. Solvation in water is called solubility. Solvation is also referred to as dissolution in some cases. When ions dissolve in a solvent, they are distributed and eventually get surrounded by solvent molecules.
Is soap a solute or solvent?
Solvent
