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Which experiment best shows water’s ability to act as a solvent?

A. Raise the temperature of water and record its boiling point.
B. Freeze a flexible vessel of water and watch it expand.
C. Pour an ionic solid into water and see if it vanishes.
D. Place a leaf on top of the surface of water and see if it sinks.

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Which experiment best shows water’s ability to act as a solvent?

 A. Raise the temperature of water and record its boiling point.
 B. Freeze a flexible vessel of water and watch it expand.
 C. Pour an ionic solid into water and see if it vanishes.
 D.  Place a leaf on top of the surface of water and see if it sinks.

anonymous · Answer

i would go with C, since is the only one that involves dissolving something oon water :D

anonymous · Answer

would pouring salt into water be an example of c

anonymous · Answer

yes, that would be a good example, since the salt we use at home is an ionic crystal $NaCl$