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How do you know if it is a solvent?
In chemistry, a common rule for determining if a solvent will dissolve a given solute is “like dissolves like.” Solvents composed of polar molecules, such as water, dissolve other polar molecules, such as table salt, while nonpolar solvents, such as gasoline, dissolve nonpolar substances such as wax.
What is the characteristics of solute and solvent?
– Solute and Solvent are the part of the solution where the dissolved matter in any solution or mixture is called as the solute, while the liquid or gas that dissolves another liquid, solid or gas is called as the solvent. A solution can be defined as the homogenous mixture of two or more substances.
What property of liquid is described when a liquid solute dissolved in a liquid solvent?
Definition of Solubility Solubility is the ability of a solid, liquid, or gaseous chemical substance (referred to as the solute) to dissolve in solvent (usually a liquid) and form a solution. The solubility of a substance fundamentally depends on the solvent used, as well as temperature and pressure.
How will you identify or determine a solute a solvent and a solution Give at least 1 example?
A solvent is the component in a solution that is present in the largest amount. In a NaCl solution (salt-water), the solvent is water. A solute is the component in a solution in the lesser amount. In a NaCl solution, the salt is the solute.
When a solvent has dissolved all the solute it can at a particular temperature it is said to be _____?
saturated
A solvent that has dissolved the maximum amount of solute at a given temperature, the corresponding solution is said to be saturated.
How do you know if something is soluble or insoluble?
Solubility Rules
- Salts containing Group I elements (Li+, Na+, K+, Cs+, Rb+) are soluble .
- Salts containing nitrate ion (NO3-) are generally soluble.
- Salts containing Cl -, Br -, or I – are generally soluble.
- Most silver salts are insoluble.
- Most sulfate salts are soluble.
- Most hydroxide salts are only slightly soluble.
Can you always identify the solvent and solute in a solution?
The thing to remember about a solution is that you can distinguish between the solute and the solvent by simply looking at how much of each you have present in the solution. Simply put, a solution will always contain more particles of solvent than particles of solute.
How do you know if an element is aqueous or solid?
You can usually tell if something is solid or gas by looking through the problem you are doing (it is normally given) and it is usually marked on the periodic table. You can determine if a solution is aqueous if you see that it is being dissolved in water or if ions/precipitates are involved in a problem.