Is Turpentine polar or non polar?

Answer 1

The most common solvent is water. Other common solvents which dissolve substances that are insoluble (or nearly insoluble) in water are acetone, alcohol, formic acid, acetic acid, formamide. BTX, carbon disulfide, diemthyl sulfoxide, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, ether, tetrahydrofuran, furfural, hexane and turpentine. They may be classified as polar and non-polar.

A non-polar compound occurs when there is an equal sharing of electrons between two different atoms. Examples of household non-polar compounds include fats, oil and petrol/gasoline. Therefore (per the "oil and water" rule of thumb), most non-polar molecules are water insoluble (hydrophobic) at room temperature. However many non-polar organic solvents, such as turpentine, are able to dissolve polar substances. When comparing a polar and non-polar molecule with similar molar masses, the polar molecule generally has a higher boiling point,because of the dipole-dipole interaction between their molecules. The most common form of such an interaction is the hydrogen bond, which is also known as the H-bond.

Answer 2

alkaline