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- Why can I dissolve more salt in hot water, than cold? Why does more air dissolve in cold water than hot?
- Why can I dissolve more salt in hot water, than cold?
- Why does more air dissolve in cold water than hot?
- What about non-polar solvents? Is it the water or the solute that does this?
- Are there combinations that do the opposite of the normal solid/gas dichotomy?
If you want me to understand you, I'll need a freshman undergraduate level explanation. Everything I learned about chemistry or thermodynamics has left long ago. Those were the classes I struggled to get through without wasting enough effort to really learn much. One thing I learned as an undergraduate was triage; those were the subjects that were mostly left to die. Plus, I have a whole diatribe about how chemistry was taught at my schools that you don't need to hear.
- Why does more air dissolve in cold water than hot?
- What about non-polar solvents? Is it the water or the solute that does this?
- Are there combinations that do the opposite of the normal solid/gas dichotomy?
If you want me to understand you, I'll need a freshman undergraduate level explanation. Everything I learned about chemistry or thermodynamics has left long ago. Those were the classes I struggled to get through without wasting enough effort to really learn much. One thing I learned as an undergraduate was triage; those were the subjects that were mostly left to die. Plus, I have a whole diatribe about how chemistry was taught at my schools that you don't need to hear.