Why Water Dissolves (Almost) Everything

2022-03-21

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Water can dissolve more substances than anything else on earth...so why doesn't it dissolve everything away?

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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:

solvent: a substance that dissolves a solute

solubility: the relative ability of a solute to dissolve into a solvent

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REFERENCES

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Govorov, A. (1.28.2022), personal communication

USGS (2018). Water, the Universal Solvent. https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/water-universal-solvent