B. increasing solute surface area

C. heating the solvent

D. stirring the solution

One Response to “(Physical Science Chemistry)Which of the following will not make it easier to dissolve a solute in a solvent?”

1. jok15690 on November 22nd, 2008 7:14 am

   ( i hope these words mean the same in French i’m french educated but yeh i guess they do lol )

   since u’re adding the solute to the solvent and the solvent can onyl contain a specific amount of solute then if u keep adding solute the solvent wil not be able to contain it all hence the solute will not be dissolved in the solvent

   now ur choices are : D : stirring the solution i duno what that its but if that means like moving the liquid with ur spoon ( lol) well that helps the dissolution ( take for example the sugar in coffee or whatever …u do stir to make the sugar disappear)

   C : heating the solvent…that’s really out of topic only if by heating it the solvent is becoming a gas but i don’t’ think they mean that

   B increasing the solute surface area…as far as I’m concerned it doesn’t say increasing the solvent’s volume so…that’s wrong

   u’re left with choice A which is logically the best since u’re adding a huge amount of solute that can no longer be contained in the solvent

   sorry for the wide explanations but i like to use logic and think instead of just giving the answer without thinking.

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