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minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut, it’s not. Alcohol is not a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances, nor a substance dissolved into another. It’s its own chemical category of one or more hydroxyl groups bound to a saturated carbon atom.
minus-square018118055@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt is a solvent but not a solution
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoExactly. If you’re gonna make a chemistry joke, at least get it right. Something like “Alcohol isn’t a solution, but it can be a solvent for the right problem” would be clever and true.
But, it’s not. Alcohol is not a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances, nor a substance dissolved into another.
It’s its own chemical category of one or more hydroxyl groups bound to a saturated carbon atom.
It is a solvent but not a solution
Exactly. If you’re gonna make a chemistry joke, at least get it right.
Something like “Alcohol isn’t a solution, but it can be a solvent for the right problem” would be clever and true.