2006-12-08 21:33:26 · 4 answers · asked by JAJ S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Water is a good solvent and picks up impurities easily. Pure water -- tasteless, colorless, and odorless -- is often called the universal solvent. When water is combined with carbon dioxide to form very weak carbonic acid, an even better solvent results.
2006-12-09 04:36:52 · answer #1 · answered by idywilson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is the basis by which we measure odor and taste, so in a sense your brain assigns a value of zero to it.
2006-12-08 21:46:08 · answer #2 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you replaced all of the water in your body with cola, then you would be able to taste water. It's like how you can't smell yourself. You can't taste yourself either. Yeah, it's like that.
2006-12-08 21:38:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because hydrogen and oxygen is tasteless and odorless.
2006-12-08 23:25:45 · answer #4 · answered by curious~me 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋