D2.3 Water potential

Question 1

What is a solvent?

What is solvation with water?

What type of bonding occurs?

Answer 1

A solvent is a substance that dissolves a solute; e.g water is the solvent that dissolves sugars which are solutes;

solvation is process of attraction and interaction between the solvent and solute;

In solvation, water molecules surround the solute particles;

The positively charged hydrogen atoms in water form hydrogen bonds with negatively charged solute particles;

while the negatively charged oxygen atoms in water are attracted to positively charged solute particles;