Question

what is solvent? Give a example with it?

Answer 1

A solvent (from the Latin solvō, "loosen, untie, solve") is a substance that dissolves a solute (a chemically distinct liquid, solid or gas), resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, or a supercritical fluid. For example, water.

Answer 2

Some examples of solvents are water, ethanol, toluene, chloroform, acetone, milk, etc. Examples of solutes include, sugar, salt, oxygen, etc. There are numerous examples of solutions. For example milk (solvent) and sugar (solute) makes sweet milk.

A solvent is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution. ... The quantity of solute that can dissolve in a specific volume of solvent varies with temperature.