Environmental Sciences, asked by brainly758, 1 year ago

Why water is known as universal solvent?

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Answered by hotelcalifornia
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Water is known as a universal solvent because it dissolves a wide variety of solutes in it.

What is a universal solvent?

  • A solvent is a part of a solution present in the more prominent sum.
  • Conversely, solutes are available in a more modest sum.
  • A widespread dissolvable is a substance that breaks down most synthetics.
  • Water is known as the general dissolvable because it disintegrates a bigger number of substances than some other dissolvable.

Water as a universal solvent:

  • Water is known as the widespread dissolvable because it is equipped for dissolving a bigger number of substances than some other fluid.
  • Water is a polar covalent particle wherein the hydrogen molecule has a positive charge, while oxygen has a negative charge.
  • At the point when water interacts with any substance, it breaks the electrostatic power holding the particle.
  • Subsequently, numerous substances get broken down in the water.

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Answered by bsharma23sl
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Answer:

Water is known as the universal solvent because it can dissolve more substances than any other liquid.

Explanation:

  • Water is a polar molecule with a positive charge on the hydrogen atoms and a negative charge on the oxygen atom and this makes the water molecule become attracted to many other different types of molecules. It is a very important thing on which living things are dependent. It takes along valuable minerals, nutrients, and chemicals wherever it goes either through the ground, the air, and our bodies.
  • The structure of a water molecule is formed by the covalent linkage between two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom and this gives water an asymmetrical distribution of charges. Most of the biochemical reactions take place within aqueous solutions, hence its solvent properties are vital. The relatively small size of water molecules allows many water molecules to surround one molecule of the solute.

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