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Space/Science » in reply to re: solvents

You sure that's the solution Firefox?

Water is an organic solvent? Uh,....ok I can see that. It's a polar compound and is a solvent depending on how strongly polar the organic compound. If methanol or acetone, it's a perfect solvent. If we're talking about a non-polar organic compound like an oil or benzene or something, it's not miscible.

That's my Chem 101....now I remember that when you remove most of the disolved gasses from water (not a trivial task) then oils are much more miscible.

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