Question

A solution is made by dissolving 3.33 g of HCl(g) in 40.0 g of liquid methyl alcohol (CH3OH). Identify the solvent and solute in the resulting solution?

Answer 1

In this solution, HCl(g) is the solute and liquid methyl alcohol (CH3OH) is the solvent.

A solute is the substance that is dissolved in a solvent to form a solution. In this case, HCl(g) is the substance that is being dissolved.

A solvent is the substance that dissolves the solute to form a solution. In this case, liquid methyl alcohol (CH3OH) is the substance that is doing the dissolving.