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    A solvent is a substance that dissolves another substance, known as a solute, resulting in a solution. Solvents can be liquids, solids or gases and common examples include water, which dissolves polar molecules, and organic solvents like turpentine and acetone. The amount of solute a solvent can dissolve depends on temperature and solvents have various applications in industries like chemical, pharmaceutical and oil production.

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    A solvent is a substance that dissolves another substance, known as a solute, resulting in a solution. Solvents can be liquids, solids or gases and common examples include water, which dissolves polar molecules, and organic solvents like turpentine and acetone. The amount of solute a solvent can dissolve depends on temperature and solvents have various applications in industries like chemical, pharmaceutical and oil production.

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    A solvent is a substance that dissolves another substance, known as a solute, resulting in a solution. Solvents can be liquids, solids or gases and common examples include water, which dissolves polar molecules, and organic solvents like turpentine and acetone. The amount of solute a solvent can dissolve depends on temperature and solvents have various applications in industries like chemical, pharmaceutical and oil production.

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    solvent

    A solvent (from the Latin solv, "I loosen, untie, I solve") is a substance that dissolves a solute
    (a chemically different liquid, solid or gas), resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but
    can also be a solid or a gas. The quantity of solute that can dissolve in a specific volume of
    solvent varies with temperature. Common uses for organic solvents are in dry
    cleaning (e.g., tetrachloroethylene), as paint thinners (e.g., toluene, turpentine), as nail polish
    removers and glue solvents (acetone, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate), in spot removers
    (e.g., hexane, petrol ether), in detergents (citrus terpenes) and in perfumes (ethanol). Water is a
    solvent for polar molecules and the most common solvent used by living things; all the ions and
    proteins in a cell are dissolved in water within a cell. Solvents find various applications in
    chemical, pharmaceutical, oil, and gas industries, including in chemical syntheses and
    purification processes.

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