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21 April, 12:58

A homogeneous mixture consists of 34% ethanol and 66% isopropanol. Which of these is the solute of the mixture?

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  1. 21 April, 13:21
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    The solute is ethanol. This is a matter of looking at the definition of solute. Solute - The minor component in a solution. What's dissolved in the solvent. With that definition in mind, the answer is pretty obvious. The solute is the 34% ethanol. It loses on any basis you can imagine for comparison. Percentage wise it's about half that of the isopropanol. Their densities are almost identical 789 kg/m^3 vs 786 kg/m^3, so there's still almost twice as much isopropanol as ethanol by mass.
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