0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How do you explain the phrase like dissolves like in terms of polar and nonpolar substances?
Polar substances dissolve other polar substances, and nonpolar substances dissolve other nonpolar substances. A polar substance cannot dissolve a polar substance and a nonpolar substance cannot dissolve a polar substance.
What two substances dissolve in water?
Salt and Sugar dissolve in water.
What types of substances dissolve in water?
In general, polar molecules. Oil, a no polar substance, does not dissolve in water.
How do the properties of water account for the large number of substances that dissolve in water?
Water is a polar substance, which means that any other polar substances will dissolve in it. The opposite is mineral turpentine which is non-polar so all non-polar substances dissolve in it.
What solid substances dissolve in liquid?
what is mixtures
Why is Limestone is used to purify sugar?
To make it less acidic and to dissolve the impure substances.
What are substances that do not seem to dissolve called?
Substances that do not dissolve are insolubles, because they are not soluble they do not dissolve.
What is 'like dissolves like'?
The chemistry principal of "like dissolves like," explains that polar substances will dissolve in each other. Similarly, a covalent will dissolve another covalent.
How long does it take for limestone to dissolve?
it takes about 15 to 20 min to dissolve
What is the name for substances that do dissolve in water?
Substances that do not dissolve in water are called "insoluble" or "non-soluble." For water (a polar molecule), anything non-polar will not dissolve, including hexane, methane, ethane, propane, octane, oils, waxes, and plastics.
What is the name of the very minute biological substances that dissolve certain kind of bacteria?
Antibodies
How do you explain the phrase like dissolves like in terms of polar and nonpolar substances?
Polar substances dissolve other polar substances, and nonpolar substances dissolve other nonpolar substances. A polar substance cannot dissolve a polar substance and a nonpolar substance cannot dissolve a polar substance.
What can rain water do to rocks like limestone?
Rain water can dissolve rocks like limestone.
Does carbonic acid dissolve limestone?
No. It dissolves limestone slowly. It may take centuries for a limestone outcrop to show visible weathering.
What are substances that dissolve in water?
Nutilite's vitamins dissolve in water.
Does all substances dissolve equally?
No. Some substances dissolve perfectly and are called homogeneous. Others do not and are called Heterogeneous.
How is limestone usefull?
because in a blast furnace the limestone removes unwanted substances as slag.
