In the classroom, I often see alcohol wipes being used to erase both water based and oil based markers. But here’s the question, how does a single-molecule substance like alcohol dissolve both water-based and oil-based solutes when most liquids can only dissolve one of the two?
In: Chemistry
Alcohol is a little in-between. It can’t dissolve salts the way water can, but on the other hand it can dissolve oils and greases to some extent.
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