Re: [NTLK] OT humidity - solvents and solutes

From: Jim Witte (jswitte_at_bloomington.in.us)
Date: Tue Jul 02 2002 - 01:10:31 EDT


> chemical forces that occur when a solvent (like water) dissolves
> something. A solvent "latches on" to a molecule of the solute. That
> is NOT
> happening when water evaporates into the air.

   My first year chemistry is rusty, but what happens with a non-polar
solvent?

Jim

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