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Solvents dissolve solutes. In an aqueous salt water solution, the water is the solvent that dissolves the solute salt. Water is also known as the universal solvent.

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Is a solution an example of an heterogeneous mixture?

sodium chloride solution, sugar solution, air, brandy, wines, etc.Mixes of gas would be homogenous, but I'm not sure whether you may call them a solution.Generally, you have a solution when something is actively dissolving something else. This requires interaction between the substance and whatever you solve it in. If you have a homogenous phase, i think you may take the molecular interactions for granted, else you would not have a homogenous mixture.


Solute and solvent?

The solvent is the substance that is dissolving something else. The solute is what is being dissolved. For example, if you were dissolving salt in water. The water would be the solvent and the salt would be the solute.


Does potassium bromine react in water?

Not with water! Maybe with something else in the water? It only ionises when dissolved in the water to: K+ and Br- , but does not react with it. Dissolving is purely physical!


How could you prove that dissolving table salt in water is a physical change or not a chemical change?

well you know its not a chemical change when you see the salt dissolving because if your were to put something else like sugar then it would be a chemical change because the sugar would just float right to the bottom and stay there but salt would go around in the water and start dissolving.


What is the solvent of something?

A solvent is a substance that dissolves the solute in a solution. For example, in salt water, water is the solvent and the salt is the solute. Water dissolves the salt.

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If something dissolves into something else will it change mass?

The mass of the solution will be equal to the mass of the solute plus the mass of the solvent. However, the total mass does not change.


Is a solution an example of a homogenize mixture?

sodium chloride solution, sugar solution, air, brandy, wines, etc.Mixes of gas would be homogenous, but I'm not sure whether you may call them a solution.Generally, you have a solution when something is actively dissolving something else. This requires interaction between the substance and whatever you solve it in. If you have a homogenous phase, i think you may take the molecular interactions for granted, else you would not have a homogenous mixture.


Is a solution a example of homogeneous mixture?

sodium chloride solution, sugar solution, air, brandy, wines, etc.Mixes of gas would be homogenous, but I'm not sure whether you may call them a solution.Generally, you have a solution when something is actively dissolving something else. This requires interaction between the substance and whatever you solve it in. If you have a homogenous phase, i think you may take the molecular interactions for granted, else you would not have a homogenous mixture. Just to get to the cut ,no.


Is a solution an example of an heterogeneous mixture?

sodium chloride solution, sugar solution, air, brandy, wines, etc.Mixes of gas would be homogenous, but I'm not sure whether you may call them a solution.Generally, you have a solution when something is actively dissolving something else. This requires interaction between the substance and whatever you solve it in. If you have a homogenous phase, i think you may take the molecular interactions for granted, else you would not have a homogenous mixture.


What is salt and how do you desribe it?

Its not a chemical change when you see the salt dissolving because if your were to put something else like sugar then it would be a chemical.


What substance is responsible to dissolve something else?

A solvent is a substance responsible for dissolving another substance, known as a solute, to form a solution. The solvent is usually present in larger quantity compared to the solute. Common solvents include water, alcohol, and acetone.


How does the filtration of a suspension compare with the filtration of a solution?

Easy the solute would go first since its at the top in a solution need something else such as evaporation. Easy the solute would go first since its at the top in a solution need something else such as evaporation.


Is sugar dissolving in water a chemical reaction?

No, it is a physical change. A chemical reaction involves changing a molecule(s) into something else. When dissolving sugar in water, you still have sugar and you still have water.


What do solution and colloid have in common?

They are all something in something else. Suspensions are colloids. Colloids are something small dispersed in something else - solids in liquids (a suspension), gases in liquids, gases in solids etc etc Solutions are one phase - a liquid, but at least 2 compounds make up that phase.


Are gases interesting?

No research something else!!! No research something else!!! No research something else!!!


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Solute and solvent?

The solvent is the substance that is dissolving something else. The solute is what is being dissolved. For example, if you were dissolving salt in water. The water would be the solvent and the salt would be the solute.