Water is not a solute, it is the most important solvent.
The major solute in ocean water is sodium chloride - NaCl.
I disagree. Household ammonia is 5-10% ammonia. The solvent (the major component) is water. Ammonia is the minor component and is thus a solute.
Salt and the water is the solvent in which it is dissolved. P.S-There are many more dissolved substances, however salt is the main one.
Water is the solvent, and sugar is the solute.
Butter is a water in oil emulsion.
Water is the solvent.Salt is the solute.
No, salt is the solute and water is the solvent
In a solution of sugar and water, water is the solvent and sugar is the solute. The solvent is the substance that dissolves the solute, while the solute is the substance that is being dissolved.
Water is the solvent and chalk is the solute.
The sugar is the solute and the water is the solvent. Whatever is dissolved is the solute, and whatever the solute is dissolved in is the solvent. The solvent dissolves the solute.
In a water solution sugar is the solute.
Jello's solute is the gelatin the solvent is water