OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOCHEMISTRY
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water
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steam
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sugar
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tea
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Detailed explanation-1: -A solute is a substance to be dissolved. The solvent is the one in which solute is dissolving. In the sugar solution sugar is the solute and water is the solvent.
Detailed explanation-2: -A substance that is dissolved in a solution is called a solute. In fluid solutions, the amount of solvent present is greater than the amount of solute. One best example of solute in our day to day activity is salt and water. Salt dissolves in water and therefore, salt is the solute.
Detailed explanation-3: -The substance that dissolves in a solution is the solute. In this case the solute is sugar. The substance that does the dissolving-in this case, the water-is the solvent. Sugar is one of the most soluble solutes in water.
Detailed explanation-4: -COMPONENTS OF A SOLUTION For example, when we make a salt solution, salt is being dissolved in a dissolving medium that is water. Here, salt is solute as it is dissolved in dissolving medium water, which is solvent. The same applies to a sugar solution. Sugar is solute, and water is solvent.
Detailed explanation-5: -Salt in Food. Oxygen in Seawater. Sugar in Tea. Quinine in Tonic Water. Carbon Dioxide in Carbonated Drinks. Ethylene Glycol in an Antifreeze. Ethanol in Cocktails. Zinc in Dental Amalgam.