Question

For each solute, identify the better solvent: water or carbon tetrachloride. Water.

Answer 1

Concepts and reason

Solubility:

Solubility is a property of a chemical substance that can dissolve in a solvent. In the process of dissolving, the chemical substance that is being dissolved is called a solute and the substance in which the solute is dissolved is called a solvent. As a result, the mixture of solute and solvent are called a solution.

Fundamentals

Solvents can be classified into polar and non-polar aprotic solvents.

Polar solvents: Polar solvents can be defined as the solvents that have large dipole moments.

Non-Polar solvents: These are the solvent molecules in which the bonded atoms are in similar electronegativity.

Solubility of polar molecules in polar solvents depends on the polarity of the solute molecule.

The polar molecules are easily solvated by polar solvent, and the nonpolar molecule is easily solvated by nonpolar solvent.

Water is a polar solvent.

is a non-polar solvent.

is a polar solute.

is a non-polar solute.

is an ionic compound so it is a polar in nature.

is a nonpolar solute.

In water:

In solvent:

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