What is a solvent?

Sharad Jaiswal
Sharad Jaiswal

Posted On: Nov 19, 2020

 

A solvent is a substance in which a solute dissolves to form a solution. The solvent can be liquid, gas, solid, or a supercritical fluid.

    Related Questions

    Please Login or Register to leave a response.

    Related Questions

    Chemical Engineering Interview Questions

    What is Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls?

    PCBs or Polychlorinated Biphenyls or chlorinated hydrocarbons are a group of man-made chemicals that consist of carbon, hydrogen, and chlorine atoms. They are solid or oily liquid with yellow color an...

    Chemical Engineering Interview Questions

    What is quicklime and where it is used?

    Quicklime, also known as Calcium Oxide(CaO) or burnt lime, is a chemical compound. It is caustic, white in color, solid at room temperature. Lime refers to the organic compound containing calcium-cont...

    Chemical Engineering Interview Questions

    Do you know third law of thermodynamics? Please explain.

    The third law of thermodynamics states that a perfect crystal's entropy is always zero at absolute zero temperature. As the system does not contain the heat and all the atoms or molecules in the syste...