1) Is water being polar a chemical or physical property of water??

2) Is water being known as the universal solvent a chemical or physical property of water?

Thanks!! i'm a bit confused... and please explain or give a source!! :D Thank you!!!

Question

1) Is water being polar a chemical or physical property of water??

2) Is water being known as the universal solvent a chemical or physical property of water?

Thanks!! i'm a bit confused... and please explain or give a source!! :D Thank you!!!

anonymous · Answer

Both properties are chemical; you can refer to this handy little chart for explanations: http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/waterProps1.php Part two is here: http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/waterProps2.php

anonymous · Answer

They don't go into too much detail, but any introductory chemistry text book would be able to make things clearer for you.

anonymous · Answer

I think water being polar is a physical property.   It says nothing about the chemical reactivity of water, and you don't need to run a chemical reaction to measure it.

It's ability to be a solvent is a little trickier, because people sometimes think of dissolution as a chemical reaction.  I don't think it is, because no electrons actually change orbitals (unless you've actually got some hydrolysis reactions going on).  So I personally wouldn't call dissolution a chemical reaction, and therefore I wouldn't call water's ability to dissolve many things a chemical property either.

anonymous · Answer

thank you ;)

anonymous · Answer

@valia could u pls give @carl_pham a medal also?? thanks :D cuz i can only give one :(

anonymous · Answer

No problem (: