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Standard IX
Chemistry
Solutes and Solvents
When salt is ...
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When salt is added to water, then:

A

Salt is the solvent

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Salt is the solute

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Water is the solute

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D

Neither water nor salt are the solute

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Solution

The correct option is B

Salt is the solute


Solvent is a substance that dissolves the solute. Solute is a substance that is dissolved in a solvent to make a solution. Here, salt is the substance that is added to water and water is having tendency to dissolve salt. Therefore, salt is the solute and water is the solvent.

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