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The chemistry principal of "like dissolves like," explains that polar substances will dissolve in each other. Similarly, a covalent will dissolve another covalent.
Corene Breitenberg
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∙ 11y agoIt means that polar substances dissolve other polar substances, and nonpolar substances dissolve other nonpolar substances. (Also, polar substances, such as water, can also dissolve some ionic substances, such as salt, NaCl.)
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Is dissolves physical or chemical?
Chemical, if it dissolves in a solution such is acid. Physical if one mean dissolves like disintegrates.
Which substances dissolves in water?
like dissolves like..water is polar so polar or ionic substances will dissolve in water
Which type of molecules polar or non polar dissolve in water?
A non polar solute. remember, like dissolves like
How water disssolves ion compounds and polar compounds?
Like dissolves like. Water is polar solvent and hence it dissolves ionic and polar compounds.
Do polar solvents dissolve polar solvents?
Yes. Like dissolves like!
In Like dissolves Like the solute and solvent combination in a solution will be?
This is a homogeneous solution.
What does like dissolves like mean to a scientist?
to pass or cause to pass into a solution
Why is SO3 insoluble in water but soluble in sulphuric acid?
Like dissolves like.
Is non polar soluble in non polar?
yes, like dissolves like
What happens to the electrons when a substance like HCL gas for example dissolves in water?
The electrons are ionized when HCL gas dissolves in water.
Is benzophenone soluble in hexane?
Benzophenone is partially soluble in hexane. Benzophenone is polar, where as, hexane is nonpolar. "Like dissolves like."
What does the expression like dissolves like mean?
"Like dissolves like" basically means that the substances can dissolve in one another because they are either charged or polar. Hope this helps!
