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WoUld water be as effective a solvent if hydrogen and oxygen atoms had an equal attraction for the shared electrons?
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∙ 12y ago
No. That would greatly reduce water's effectiveness as a solvent, as it would be a nonpolar molecule which would only be able to dissolve other nonpolar substances.
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What uses electrostatic attraction to separate a solute from a solvent?
Chromatography
What does protic refer to?
The hydrogen atom bound to an oxygen or a naitrogen is called aprotic solvent.
Why are some chemicals soluble in water?
Water is what is known as a polar solvent, which means that the water molecule has a negative and a positive pole, based on the uneven distribution of electrons in the molecule. Other polar compounds are soluble in a polar solvent, because of the attraction between opposite poles. Non-polar compounds will not be soluble in a polar solvent.
What is the solute and solvent in dilute hydrochloric acid solution?
The solvent is water and the solute is hydrogen chloride (HCl).
What is the solute and solvent of aqua oxigenada?
Solute = hydrogen peroxide, H2O2Solvent = water
What biological functions are made more effective by the hydrogen bonding properties in water?
Water is a very good solvent.
Is solubility a hydrogen bonding?
Based on the grammar of your question, you have no idea what solubility is. Solubility- the degree to which a substance can dissolve in a solvent(usually water). Hydrogen bonding is an intermolecular force of attraction that decreases relative solubility.
What are the characteristisc of water?
solvent, polarity, hydrogen bonds solvent, polarity, hydrogen bonds
What makes water a excellent solvent?
Water is a good solvent due to its polarity. The single Oxygen molecule and two Hydrogen molecules do not share electrons equally, the Oxygen molecule takes precedent over the Hydrogen molecules. The Polarity and in some small part, the small molecular size makes water the, "Universal Solvent".
What is the solvent and solute of hydrogen peroxide?
The material most commonly called "hydrogen peroxide", especially by non-chemists, is a solution of the solute hydrogen peroxide in water as the solvent.
Is hydrogen chloride a solvent?
Hydrogen chloride is a polar compound. Therefore it can act as a solvent to particular polar compounds.
What is the solute of hydrogen gas in palladium?
Hydrogen is the solute and palldium is the solvent
What uses electrostatic attraction to separate a solute from a solvent?
Chromatography
What does protic refer to?
The hydrogen atom bound to an oxygen or a naitrogen is called aprotic solvent.
Why water a polar solvent?
Hydrogen bonds
Why are some chemicals soluble in water?
Water is what is known as a polar solvent, which means that the water molecule has a negative and a positive pole, based on the uneven distribution of electrons in the molecule. Other polar compounds are soluble in a polar solvent, because of the attraction between opposite poles. Non-polar compounds will not be soluble in a polar solvent.
What is the solute and solvent in dilute hydrochloric acid solution?
The solvent is water and the solute is hydrogen chloride (HCl).
