It is a good solvent as it is highly polar and able to participate in hydrogen bonds. Also, water is most polar and it enables charged substanes to dissolve in it.
water, water everywhere
The solvent strength is the same in each case, because the solvent is the same, namely water. The osmotic gradient across the cell membrane is what will drive water into the cells, because the bath water is more dilute than that within the cells, and the water will go in the direction where the solute (not the solvent) is most concentrated.
A universal solvent doesn't exist; water is a good solvent for many materials.
Water is the principal inorganic solvent in cells. It plays a critical role in various biological processes, including solubilizing and transporting molecules within the cell.
Water can be a solute under some circumstances. For example, if 1cm3 of water is added to 100cm3 of ethanol, an ethanolic solution is formed in which ethanol is the solvent and water is the solute!!!note: a solute is that which is less in quantity and solvent is which is more in quantity
water, water everywhere
Water as a solvent is used in the stomach to aid digestion of food. It dilutes the hydrochloric acid secreted in the stomach in the normal digestion process. Too much acid and one suffers from acidosis/heartburn/reflux. Water as a dilutant limits this discomfort.
The solvent strength is the same in each case, because the solvent is the same, namely water. The osmotic gradient across the cell membrane is what will drive water into the cells, because the bath water is more dilute than that within the cells, and the water will go in the direction where the solute (not the solvent) is most concentrated.
A universal solvent doesn't exist; water is a good solvent for many materials.
Water is the principal inorganic solvent in cells. It plays a critical role in various biological processes, including solubilizing and transporting molecules within the cell.
It is a non volatile solvent.
Yes it's the universal solvent
its a good solvent
solvent
This question demands a comparison - poor with regard to what?. Water is a good solvent compared with carbon dioxide. Water is a poor solvent compared with nitric acid.
An universal solvent don't exist; water is only a very good solvent for many substances, a quasi-universal solvent.
allows for hydrogen bonding