Solubility principles used in many ways such as in dry cleaning and when you open up the soda bottle and also the vitamins. LetĄ¯s take a look how these principles used.
1. Dry cleaning
- When you got stains in your clothes sometimes it doesnĄ¯t remove by only washing with water so you dry clean the clothes. That is one of use of solubility. Dry cleaning does involve liquids. A good dry-cleaning solvent must be non-polar so that it can dissolve oil and grease, which trap the water-insoluble particles in the cloth fibers. Most favored solvent is Tetrachloroethylene, C2Cl4.
2. Gas solubility
- When you open soda bottle, the liquids have become bubbling. It is because of gas solubility. The bubbles in the soda are due to carbon dioxide gas. The amount of gas dissolved in a solvent is proportional to the partial pressure of that gas over the solvent. In an unopened soda bottle, there is higher partial pressure of CO2 and above the liquid there is air. When you open it, the CO2 escapes into air and as a result of this decrease in the partial pressure of CO2, the solubility of CO2 in the soda is reduced. The solubility decrease with increasing temperature.
3. Vitamins
- Vitamin A is soluble in fat. Excess vitamin A is stored in the fat of the liver. It can be released in your tissues when you are not getting enough from your diet. However, this vitamin's excellent solubility in fat means that it is not soluble in water or in the watery blood serum.
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