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Solubility is the measure of how much of a substance (the solute) can dissolve in another material (the solvent)
If the solute is soluble, it will dissolve in the solvent.
it must be able to dissolve the solute.
Solvent
The solute is the thing that dissolves, in this case the sodium hydroxide. The solvent is the thing that dissolves it, in this case the water. The result is neither solvent nor solute, but a solution. It could be used as a solvent for some other material.
Basically, yes. But only sometimes. The solute is indeed the material you have less of, and the solvent is the material in which you try to dissolve that solute. Sometimes, however, you cannot dissolve the solute.
Solubility is the measure of how much of a substance (the solute) can dissolve in another material (the solvent)
Solubility is the measure of how much of a substance (the solute) can dissolve in another material (the solvent)
Solubility is the measure of how much of a substance (the solute) can dissolve in another material (the solvent)
A solvent is a chemical which has the capacity to dissolve a solute. Water is the most commonly used solvent, and it dissolves a lot of things, such as sugar and salt. To dissolve, is for a solid material to become part of a liquid solvent and to thereby lose its solidity, and to mix in.
water can dissolve any substance given time. It is a universal solvent.
You can dissolve twice as much solute in it
If the solute is soluble, it will dissolve in the solvent.
Then the solution gets diluted, and has more solvent material to dissolve more solute material.
it must be able to dissolve the solute.
A solvent cannot dissolve. You can dissolve a solute in a solvent, e.g. you can dissolve sugar in water - sugar is the solute, and water is the solvent. You cannot dissolve water though.
As rule (but not general) a polar compound is dissolved in a polar solvent and inverse.