Solute? Solvent?

Question

I need to write a paragraph on if a solvent can disolve an infanite amount of solute.

solvent: something that disolves a substance (like water, disolves icetea mix)

Solute: a substance being disolved (the icetea mix getting disolved by the water)

and does the solubility depend on the type of solute?

Answer 1

Well, obviously you can't dissolve an infinite amount of solute in a solvent. Imagine if you could pour 100 lbs of sugar into a cup of water! ;)

Every solvent/solute mixture has a saturation point at which no more solute can be dissolved in the solvent. And solute added after the saturation point will not dissolve

The amount of solute that will dissolve in a given solvent is a product of the characteristics of both the solute and the solvent, so the solubility between the two is dependent upon each.

Best of luck!

Answer 2

A solution is a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances. The components of a solution are one or more solutes, the substance(s) being dissolved, and the solvent, the substance doing the dissolving. The solute is usually the component present in lesser quantities, and the solvent is usually prsent in the greatest quantity.

We usually think of a solution being two or more substances that can only be combined in limited quantities--that is, an infinite amount of sugar cannot be dissolved in a cup of water. However, some substances, such as water and alcohol, can be mixed in all proportions. Such substances are called "miscible". Some other substances are insoluble, like an iron nail placed in water (a minute amount of the nail actually does dissolve, but it is miniscule that we still say it is insoluble).

Solubility does depend on the type of solute. Something that is soluble in water may not be soluble at all in another solvent such as oil or air. Sugar is a good example of this--you can dissolve a teaspoon of sugar in water, but no matter how much air you put the sugar in, it will not dissolve.

Keep in mind that some solutions don't even appear to be solutions. Steel is a solution of carbon in iron--we don't think of it as a solution, but it really is.

Answer 3

Solution is a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances[solid,liquid and gaseeous]Solution are of three types
a)saturated solution b)Unsaturated solution and super saturated solution.
A solution in which the solute does not dissove any more even aftr prolonged shaking is called a saturated solution at any given temperatre.The saturated solution can remain in equilibrium with excess of the solute.
aA solution which contains less than the maximum amount of the solute that can be dissolved at the given temperature is called a unsaturated solution,
When a hot sturated soltion is cooled carefully and slowly resulting containing considerably more solute than a required is reqired to make the solution saturated at that temperature.Sch solution which contins more solute than what should be present in a saturated solution is called super-sturated solution.
The above definitions clerly indicat the fact that thre is a limit of mixing a solute to a solvent,

Answer 4

Add to Disposable...'s answer. You can heat up a saturated solution and add more to it, it is said to be supersaturated.

Answer 5

Yes and I just learned about this in September!!!!