akcapr Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 how come some solvents of the same polarity (organic ones) can dissolve one organic substance, but another of same polarity cant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetrahedrite Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 how come some solvents of the same polarity (organic ones) can dissolve one organic substance, but another of same polarity cant? For example...........???? It could be for many reasons, kinetic differences, thermodynamic restraints, steric hinderance..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2SO4 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Its like how H2O can dissolve MgCl but not CaCO I think those are the same polarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetrahedrite Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Its like how H2O can dissolve MgCl but not CaCO I think those are the same polarity. No.... thats completely different.....it has to do with the lattice energy of the solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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