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Q: Why is water used as a solvent to separate food colours?
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If you drop the food coloring it can change the color of a full glass water what is the solute and the solvent?

The solvent is the larger amount in this case (water).


What is the solute and solvent in food stuffs?

Depending on the stuff; generally water is the solvent. For the solutes the number is extremely great.


What solvent can be used for food colorings when doing paper chromatography?

Water should work well as food colourings are usually water soluble.


How do you make food colours?

You first kill somebody drain their blood and mix it with water and there you have it, red food coloring.


Is salt in a salt solution is solvent or solute?

Solute, because it is the minor component in the solution and it is what dissolves in the solvent. For example: Salt Water - The salt is the solute that dissoles in the solvent, which is water.


What is the solvent and solute for liquid plant food?

that the solvent is the liquid used in food and the plantfood is the solute


Describe one way the human body uses water as a solvent?

Water as a solvent is used in the stomach to aid digestion of food. It dilutes the hydrochloric acid secreted in the stomach in the normal digestion process. Too much acid and one suffers from acidosis/heartburn/reflux. Water as a dilutant limits this discomfort.


How are water color paints made?

water colours are made by starch 2 table spoons 2 full cups of water colourful food dye and that's water colour


How can you separate the red food coloring from the water to its original parts?

You don't do anything... DAH!


Is food coloring polar?

Polar. The food dyes must be able to dissolve in water which is a polar solvent.


How do you separate water and food dye?

If you wish to retrieve the water but not the dye, add a stick of celery or two into the mixture and leave for a while. The dye will penetrate the celery, changing the colour of it, while leaving most (98%) of the water. This is called osmosis. If you want to keep the dye but not the water, simply VERY slowly heat the mixture so that the water evaporates. Or, if you're not in a rush, leave in on a windowsill for a few hours or days for the sun to evaporate the water naturally. Eventually you'll be left with the dye. This is called evaporation.


What color is food?

They are different colours.