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Water is the substance that is often called the "universal solvent". However, in actuality, nonpolar substances cannot be dissolved in water.

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Water is often called the universal?

The universal solvent


Why salt as a universal solvent?

Salt is not a universal solvent. Water is often referred to as the universal solvent due to its ability to dissolve a wide variety of substances. Salt, on the other hand, is a solute that can dissolve in water or other solvents to form a solution.


Why is water called a universal salt?

do you mean solvent. because it is called universal solvent because it dissolves alot of different things


Water is called this when it can dissolve many things?

Water is a universal solvent.


What properties of water give it the distinction of being called the universal solvent?

The polarity of water gives it the distinction of being called the universal solvent.


Which chemical is called the universal solvent?

Water.


What is sometimes called a universal solvent?

Water


Water is called the universal solvent?

An universal solvent don't exist; water is only a very good solvent for many substances, a quasi-universal solvent.


What is the universal solvant?

water is called as the universal solvent because almost all the substances are soluble in water .so only we call water as the universal solvent .


What is water frequently called?

H2O The universal solvent


What is the name of the element that is called universal solvent?

It's not an element, but a compound that's called the universal solvent, and that compound is water. The strong polar nature of water means that it dissolves many polar covalent and ionic substances.


Which compound is the universal solvent?

Water is the compound that is the universal solvent. it is called this because more substances dissolve in water than in anything else.