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Water is polar, and so is salt (because it's ionic and therefore polar by definition.) So salt dissolves easily in water, because in chemistry, "like dissolves like." Ethanol is non-polar (because it's a hydrocarbon, and they're all non-polar.) So water and ethanol won't dissolve in each other. Nor will ethanol dissolve salt.

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Is salt and ethanol a heterogenous solution before mixing?

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Can water dissolve more sugar or salt?

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How do you boil salt and sand to separate them?

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Does salt dissolves?

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Does water and salt dissolve?

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What is the variable of sugar and salt?

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How can you get more salt to dissolve in water?

Increase the temperature of the water.