Why does a dissolved substance reduce the number of ‘free' water molecules in a solution?
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because it lowers the density of water molecules
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In order for something to dissolve in water, the water molecules first "hydrate" the molecule, surrounding the molecule with water molecules hydrogen bonding to the molecule.
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