What are the benefits of water being a universal solvent?
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Water is called the "universal solvent" because it is capable of dissolving more substances than any other liquid.
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Benefits of water:
- Water is called the "universal solvent" because it is capable of dissolving more substances than any other liquid. This is important to every living thing on earth.
- It means that wherever water goes, either through the air, the ground, or through our bodies, it takes along valuable chemicals, minerals, and nutrients.
- It is water's chemical composition and physical attributes that make it such an excellent solvent. Water molecules have a polar arrangement of oxygen and hydrogen atoms- one side has a positive charge and the other side has a negative charge.
- Water can become so heavily attracted to a different compound, like salt (NaCl), that it can disrupt the attractive forces that hold the sodium and chloride in the salt compounds together and thus dissolve it.
- Our kidney and water make a great pair, water helps out; being such a great solvent, water washing through the kidneys dissolves these substances and sends them on their way out of our bodies.
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