What is the main reason water is called a universal solvent?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: It can dissolve many substances
Water is called a universal solvent in a practical, relative sense because it dissolves a wide variety of ionic and polar substances. The name does not mean that water dissolves every substance completely; non-polar materials such as many oils dissolve poorly. Hence A is correct, while B and D are overstatements and C is irrelevant.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
It can dissolve many substances
Why is this the correct answer?
Water is called a universal solvent in a practical, relative sense because it dissolves a wide variety of ionic and polar substances. The name does not mean that water dissolves every substance completely; non-polar materials such as many oils dissolve poorly. Hence A is correct, while B and D are overstatements and C is irrelevant.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 11 Chemistry question. Chapter: Chapter 01: Solutions.
