9.29. What properties of water make it useful as a solvent? What types of compound can it (i) dissolve, and (ii) hydrolyse?
9.29. What properties of water make it useful as a solvent? What types of compound can it (i) dissolve, and (ii) hydrolyse?
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9.29. Water is highly polar in nature. That is why it has high dielectric constant and high dipole moment. Because of these properties, water is a universal solvent.
Water is good solvent for ionic compounds but poor solvent for covalent compounds. It can hydrolyse ionic compounds.
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