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Good Solvent (Water) — Properties & Examples

By Hannah Bonville
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Carbon tetrachloride is a positively charged carbon atom bonded to four negative chlorine atoms. Methane is uncharged and has a carbon bonded to four hydrogens. Ammonia has a negatively charged nitrogen atom bonded to three positive hydrogen atoms.

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Consider the structure of the three molecules pictured above when answering the question below.

Which of these substances would water have the most difficulty dissolving?

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Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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