The water in a 150-mL flask is poured into a beaker that contains 600 mL of ethyl alcohol. Which substance is the solvent in this mixture?

~ water because it is a very polar compound

~ ethyl alcohol because it has a lower density than water

~ ethyl alcohol because it has a much larger volume than water

~ water because it has dissolved in ethyl alcohol

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Braeden Warren

Chemistry

25 July, 22:06

The water in a 150-mL flask is poured into a beaker that contains 600 mL of ethyl alcohol. Which substance is the solvent in this mixture?

~ water because it is a very polar compound

~ ethyl alcohol because it has a lower density than water

~ ethyl alcohol because it has a much larger volume than water

~ water because it has dissolved in ethyl alcohol

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Nigel Caldwell · Answer 1

The compounds water and ethyl alcohol are infinitely soluble to each other. This means that they can create a homogeneous solution with any combinations of their amounts. With the given above, the solvent in the mixture is the ethyl alcohol only by the fact that it has a greater volume than water. Thus, the answer is the third choice.