Water is often referred as a <span>universal solvent </span>because it is capable dissolving much more solutes as compared to any other solvent. This is because, water is a high polar molecule. In water, H has partial positive charge while O has partial negative charge.
Due to this, water favors dissociation of molecules into positively and negatively charged ions. Positively charge ions gets attracted towards oxygen i.e. negatively charges, while negatively charged ions get attracted towards positive end of water molecule.
However, it is worth nothing that, despite water being referred as universal solvent, many compounds are insoluble or partially soluble in water. For instance, most of the hydroxide displays poor solubility in water.
They all have the same number of electrons in the electron cloud.
<u>Answer:</u>
<em>The system is the Answer
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<u>Explanation:</u>
System is the region which is taken into consideration.
While we perform a chemical reaction the system is the substance taken in the container.
So, A thermodynamic system is the amount of matter or the region in universe which is under the study.
The region outside the beaker are called as surroundings.
The beaker (the surface which separates the system from its surroundings) is said to be the boundary
System + surroundings = universe
