Science presenter Jon Chase demonstrates that a large piece of expanded polystyrene will dissolve in a very small volume of propanone. He defines the terms solute, solvent and solution. By dissolving ...

Solubility functions by a group of rules that determine how dissolvable a substance (solute) is in solvent and depends entirely on the physical and chemical properties of the solute and solvent. That ...

Solution is an important chapter of CBSE Class 12 Physical Chemistry. Concepts used in this chapters are further used in other chapters of CBSE Class 12 Chemistry. In this article, we have provided ...

A trip to the seaside is always fun - even in winter! But it does get a bit nippy and we need to warm up. A mug of hot chocolate! That'll do the trick and it'll help us understand solutions. Solutions ...

Understanding the properties of aqueous solutions is fundamental to a range of scientific disciplines, from biochemistry to industrial processing. This field focuses on quantifying both macroscopic ...

Choosing a solvent for a particular reaction is often a matter of personal preference or the result of limited screening. Now, a computational method allows identification of a solvent that will ...

Liquids and solutions are complex environments—think, for example, of sugar dissolving in water, where each sugar molecule ...

Northwestern Engineering researchers have found new ways to directly solution process carbon nanotubes using just a cocktail of common solvents. Carbon nanotubes, cylinders made of one or more layers ...

Solubility, polymorphism, crystallinity, and crystal habit of acetaminophen and racemic (+/-)-ibuprofen were determined by initial screening of 23 solvents for scale-up. Solubility curves were ...

A solvent made from menthol and benzoic acid separates polyester and cotton in minutes, opening a simple method for fabric recycling.