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Solvent
Solvent Sol"vent, n. (Chem.)
A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in,
solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the
appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether
of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
2. That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
SolventSolvent Sol"vent (s[o^]l"vent), a. [L. solvens, p. pr. of
solvere. See Solvable.]
1. Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent
fluid. ``the solvent body.' --Boyle.
2. Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent
merchant; the estate is solvent.
Meaning of Solvent from wikipedia
- A
solvent (from the
Latin solvō, "loosen, untie, solve") is a
substance that
dissolves a solute,
resulting in a solution. A
solvent is
usually a liquid...
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textiles using a
solvent other than water. Dry
cleaning still involves liquid, but
clothes are
instead soaked in a water-free
liquid solvent (usually non-polar...
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Universal solvent may
refer to: Water,
described as the "universal
solvent" for its
ability to
dissolve many
substances Alkahest, a
hypothetical solvent able...
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describes the
interaction of a
solvent with
dissolved molecules. Both
ionized and
uncharged molecules interact strongly with a
solvent, and the
strength and nature...
- In chemistry, a
protic solvent is a
solvent that has a
hydrogen atom
bound to an
oxygen (as in a
hydroxyl group −OH), a
nitrogen (as in an
amine group...
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substance dissolved in
another substance,
known as a
solvent. If the
attractive forces between the
solvent and
solute particles are
greater than the attractive...
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Green solvents are
environmentally friendly chemical solvents that are used as a part of
green chemistry. They came to
prominence in 2015, when the UN...
- on the plate,
which is
eluted with a
solvent or
solvent mixture known as the
mobile phase (or eluent). This
solvent then
moves up the
plate via capillary...
- An
aqueous solution is a
solution in
which the
solvent is water. It is
mostly shown in
chemical equations by
appending (aq) to the
relevant chemical formula...
- Look up
solvent or
solvency in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Solvent may
refer to:
Solvent, a
liquid that
dissolves another material Solvent (producer)...
