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It should be able to, when the salt is previously dissolved in a little bit of water. See, methanol is made up of one CH3 group and an OH group. The -OH group is polar (meaning it should mix with WATER). The CH3 group is NOT polar (will not mix).

As you go up the list of alcohol, you'll see that the CH chain grows (for example Ethanol is C2H5OH). The more CH chains there are, the more NONPOLAR the compound gets, meaning the less it can dissolve water! This is also why Octanol (Gas fuel, I believe, which contains 8 CH chains) doesn't dissolve anything that is considered polar!

Conclusion: Methanol sounds like the best to dissolve a salt in (that is dissolved in water), because of its polar vs. Nonpolar ratio (compared to similar alcohols). However, don't quote everything I say on here. Some of it is based on theory, and I haven't quite experimented with it.

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