The composition of rubbing alcohols may be variable.
Alcohol is a type of organic solvent. Regardless, when alcohol is the majority of a mixture, it is considered the solvent, and when something else is the majority of the mixture, it is the solute.
Solvent
In wine the solute is ethyl alcohol and solvent is water.
In this case, solid iodine is the solute and alcohol is the solvent. This is because the solid iodine is being dissolved in the alcohol to form a homogeneous solution, with alcohol being the predominant component.
Water is a single compound so it cannot be a solute and solvent at the same time.If you have a drop of alcohol in a bucket of water then water is the solvent, but if you have a drop of water in a bucket of alcohol then water is the solute.
A solution with the highest concentration of solute will contain the largest volume of solvent in 100mL. This means a dilute solution with a low amount of solute will have the highest volume of solvent remaining.
The liquid that does the dissolving is the solvent. That is alcohol in this example.The solid that dissolves is the solute. That is iodine in this example.
Fiberglass has one solvent and one solute. Its solute is the glass itself that makes up about 99 percent of its composition. The solvent is the fiber, which makes up about one percent of its composition.
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The solvent is usually the larger part of the solution which dissolves the solute. The solute is the smaller part which gets dissolved. So as an example, seawater is a solution. The solvent is water and the solute is salt and traces of other minerals. Vinegar is also a solution. Again, water is the solvent and glacial acetic acid is the solute. To do acid values in resin chemistry, methanolic KOH solution is usually the titrant. In this example, methanol is the solvent and KOH is the solute.
In the context of alcohol as a solute, the solvent would be the liquid in which the alcohol is dissolved. For example, if you mix ethanol (alcohol) in water, ethanol is the solute and water is the solvent.
weight %=weight of solute/weight of solute+weight of solvent. =5/5+50 =5/55=0.91%