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Which type of solvent is best suited to dissolve non polar substances?
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Ionic and polar substances dissolve in water because water is ..?
a polar solvent.
Why is it important to living things that water is a good solvent?
Water is used as a solvent because it can dissolve other polar substances and many ionic substances. It is often called the universal solvent. However, water does not dissolve polar substances and some ionic substances.
Why can substances such as isopropyl alcohol dissolve in both polar and non-polar substances?
Because it is an intermediate polar-nonpolar solvent
Why should water not be described as a universal solvent?
because there are 2 totally different types of molecules, you have the polar and apolar molecules. the polar molecules will only dissolve in a polar solvent, the apolar moleculesin a apolar solvent. this is the reason why oil doesn't mix with water. oil is apolar and water polar
Polar solvents dissolve the solute?
Polar solvents will dissolve ionic or polar solutes. This is due to the solubility rule that states that like dissolves like. So a polar solvent will not dissolve non-polar solutes.
Are polar and non polar liquids soluble?
Generally not. The general rule to go by is like dissolves like. Polar substance will dissolve other polar substances while nonpolar substances will dissolve other nonpolar substances.
What type of solvent is best suited to dissolve ionic or highly polar substance?
The type of solvent that is best suited to dissolve an ionic or a highly polar solvent would also be highly polar, probably a polar protic solvent like water or alcohol.
Do polar substances dissolve polar substances?
Polar solutes, including ionically bonded ones that can dissociate in the solvent.
Which solvent is best suited to slightly polar and non- polar substances?
For each of these substance a specific solvent is recommended.
Ionic and polar substances dissolve in water because water is ..?
a polar solvent.
Why is it important to living things that water is a good solvent?
Water is used as a solvent because it can dissolve other polar substances and many ionic substances. It is often called the universal solvent. However, water does not dissolve polar substances and some ionic substances.
What type of solvent is a polar solute most likely to dissolve in?
A polar solvent will most likely dissolve a polar solute. There be dipole-dipole attractive forces occurring between the two polar substances.
Why can substances such as isopropyl alcohol dissolve in both polar and non-polar substances?
Because it is an intermediate polar-nonpolar solvent
Explain the statement like dissolves like?
Like dissolves like meaning that a polar substance will dissolve a polar substance and nonpolar substance will dissolve other polar substances. By contrast nonpolar and polar substances will not dissolve one another.
What types of substances will dissolve in polar solvents?
what type of solute can dissolve on a polar solvent such as water?
Why should water not be described as a universal solvent?
because there are 2 totally different types of molecules, you have the polar and apolar molecules. the polar molecules will only dissolve in a polar solvent, the apolar moleculesin a apolar solvent. this is the reason why oil doesn't mix with water. oil is apolar and water polar
How polar and non polar bonds affect solubility?
Molecules with many polar bonds are soluble in polar solvents.Also, molecules with none or few polar bonds (many non-polar bonds) are soluble in non-polar solvent. e.g Water is a polar solvent so substances with many polar bonds are soluble in it.
