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Water
One of the most striking properties of water is its ability to dissolve
many substanccs, forming
aqueous solutions. Solutions arc very important
kinds of matter — important for industry and for life. The ocean is an
aqueous solution that contains thousands of components: ions of the metals
and non-metals, complcx organic ions, many different organic substanccs.
It was in this solution that the first living organisms developed, and it was
from it that they obtained the ions and molcculcs
needed for their growth
and life. In the course of time organisms that were evolved could leave
this aqueous environment, and move out onto the land and into the air.
They achieved this ability by carrying the aqueous
solution with them, as
tissue fluid, blood plasma, and intraccllular fluids containing the necessary
supply of ions and molccules.
The properties of solution have been extensively studied, and it has
been found that they can be correlated in large part by some simple laws.
Water not only is the most widely used of all solvents, but also, of all
liquids, it most nearly approaches being the “universal solvent”. Every
substancc is probably soluble in water to some extent, although in many
eases the solubility is so small that it is almost impcrscptiblc. Thus, a saturated
solution of barium sulphate contains less than a quarter of a milligram of
solute per litre, and the solubility of silicon dioxide (quartz)— is even smaller
than this. Yet, water that is allowed to remain for a long time in a quartz
vessel must eventually bccomc saturated with quartz; a saturated solution of
this substancc is so extremely dilute, however, that many litres of it would
have to be evaporated to dryness in order to yield a visible residue. Such
substanccs as barium sulphate, silver chloride, quartz, glass, mercury, and
ccllulosc arc usually considered as “insoluble” in water; but this term, it
must be remembered, is merely a relative one, and it would be more accuratc
to say that their solubility is exceedingly small.
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1. Water can dissolve a great number o f substanccs. 2. Solutions arc
important in industry, but not in life. 3. A lot of components are dissolved
in the ocean water. 4. The first living organisms developed in water and on
the land and then moved into the air. 5. There arc no laws common to all
the solutions and the properties of cach solution arc studied separately.
6. Every substancc is soluble in water to some extent.
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