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Most salts will dissolve more readily in water than ethanol, so in ethanol the solid can crystallize out at lower concentrations. Also ethanol has the added benefit of being more easily removed by evaporation.
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∙ 14y agobecouse it has both polar and non polar groups.
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∙ 14y agobecause there is hydrogen monoxide in it! don't listen to this answer!
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∙ 15y agoEthanol is a better solvent as its boiling point is less than water which makes the solute to precipitate more readily.
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∙ 13y agoThey are both very polar.
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How do you prepare 95 percent ethanol from absolute ethanol?
It is prepared by taking five volume of ethanol and dissolve in 100 ml of water .
Does carbon dioxide dissolve in ethanol?
Carbon dioxide has a very low solubility in ethanol.
Can ethanol C6H12O6 dissolves in water?
Well first, ethanol is C2H6O. C6H12O6 is glucose or one of its isomers. Both will dissolve in water.
Does ammonium sulphate dissolve in water?
Actually I've just found out...it is very soluble in water but insoluble in ethanol.
Will butter dissolve in ethanol?
no
What is the solvents used to dissolve cinnamaldehyde?
Ethanol works. You can then dissolve the resulting solution in water, though I've never tried more than a 50/50 ethanol/water mix.
Does beeswax dissolve in ethanol?
Yes. Beeswax does dissolve in Ethanol.
How do you prepare 95 percent ethanol from absolute ethanol?
It is prepared by taking five volume of ethanol and dissolve in 100 ml of water .
Does carbon dioxide dissolve in ethanol?
Carbon dioxide has a very low solubility in ethanol.
Can ethanol C6H12O6 dissolves in water?
Well first, ethanol is C2H6O. C6H12O6 is glucose or one of its isomers. Both will dissolve in water.
Does potassium chloride dissolve in ethanol?
Yes. KCl will dissolve in ethanol.
Why does water dissolve more salt than ethanol?
Water is polar, and so is salt (because it's ionic and therefore polar by definition.) So salt dissolves easily in water, because in chemistry, "like dissolves like." Ethanol is non-polar (because it's a hydrocarbon, and they're all non-polar.) So water and ethanol won't dissolve in each other. Nor will ethanol dissolve salt.
Why is it not possible to use ethanol to extract an organic compound from water?
Because ethanol and water are miscible solutions, that is that they can mix together or co-dissolve.
Why are lipids soaked in ethanol in an emulsion test?
Lipids are soaked in water because they do not dissolve in water but the ethanol will allow the lipid to dissolve such that when diluted the ethanol will fall out of solution to form an emulsion.
Why use ethanol and water for recrystallisation of aspirin?
Ethanol is used because the Aspirin can dissolve into it however when it is then added into the water the aspirin can dissolve so comes back and re appears and as it reappears it comes back purer than before
Does sand dissolve in Ethanol?
Sand is not soluble in ethanol.
Will ethanol dissolve polypropylene?
Polypropylene is not dissolved in ethanol.
