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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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solvent other than water.
Clothes are
instead soaked in a water-free
liquid solvent (usually non-polar, as
opposed to
water which is a
polar solvent)...
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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...
- as the
molecules are
separated from each
other and
surrounded by the
solvent. In 1936 Joel
Henry Hildebrand suggested the
square root of the cohesive...
- In a
polymer solution, a
theta solvent (or θ
solvent) is a
solvent in
which polymer coils act like
ideal chains, ****uming
exactly their random walk coil...
- A
solvent dye is a dye
soluble in
organic solvents. It is
usually used as a
solution in an
organic solvent.
Solvent dyes are used to
color organic solvents...
- in
water and is used as an
extraction solvent, as a
cleaning solvent, as a
degreasing solvent and as a
solvent in aerosols, paints, wood preservatives...
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Solvent degreasing is a
process used to
prepare a part for
further operations such as
electroplating or painting.
Typically it uses petroleum, chlorine...
- substance, the solute, to form a
solution with
another substance, the
solvent.
Insolubility is the
opposite property, the
inability of the
solute to...
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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...
