solvent

Also known as solvents

thumb|A solvent dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution thumb|Ethyl acetate, a nail polish solvent.

AI overview

A solvent is a liquid that dissolves other substances (called solutes) to create a mixture called a solution. Solvents are important in everyday applications—for example, ethyl acetate is used in nail polish to keep the color in liquid form until it's applied.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Research

514,760 papers

Solvent tolerant enzymes in extremophiles: Adaptations and applications.ReviewInternational journal of biological macromolecules · 2023Kikani B, Patel R, Thumar J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124051
Solvent Tolerance Improvement of Lipases Enhanced Their Applications: State of the Art.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Chen M, Jin T, Nian B et al.DOI: 10.3390/molecules29112444
Supramolecular solvent-based micro-extraction of pesticides in food and environmental samples.ReviewTalanta · 2021Musarurwa H, Tavengwa NTDOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121515
Organic Solvent Effects in Biomass Conversion Reactions.ReviewChemSusChem · 2016Shuai L, Luterbacher JDOI: 10.1002/cssc.201501148
Solvent tolerance in Gram-negative bacteria.ReviewCurrent opinion in biotechnology · 2012Segura A, Molina L, Fillet S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.11.015
Organic solvent tolerant lipases and applications.ReviewTheScientificWorldJournal · 2014Sharma S, Kanwar SSDOI: 10.1155/2014/625258
Switchable solvent-based micro-extraction of pesticides in food and environmental samples.ReviewTalanta · 2021Musarurwa H, Tavengwa NTDOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121807
Recent Developments in Solvent-Based Fluid Separations.ReviewAnnual review of chemical and biomolecular engineering · 2021Schuur B, Brouwer T, Sprakel LMJDOI: 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-102620-015346

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Image: SaltInWaterSolutionLiquid.jpg

Show 1 more fact

Commons category: Solvents

Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

~31 min read

Article

31 sections

Contents

Solutions and solvation
Solvent classifications
Other polarity scales
Polar protic and polar aprotic
Physical properties
Properties table of common solvents
Nonpolar [[hydrocarbon]] solvents
Nonpolar [[ether]] solvents
Nonpolar [[chlorocarbon]] solvents
Polar [[Aprotic solvent|aprotic]] solvents
Polar [[protic]] solvents
Hansen solubility parameter values
Non-polar solvents
Polar aprotic solvents
Polar protic solvents
Boiling point
Density
Multicomponent solvents
Solvents
Thinners
Safety
Fire
Explosive peroxide formation
Health effects
Acute exposure
Chronic exposure
Environmental contamination
See also
References
Bibliography
External links

thumb|A solvent dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution thumb|Ethyl acetate, a nail polish solvent.

A solvent (from the Latin solvō, "loosen, untie, solve") is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, or a supercritical fluid. 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 the cell.