“LIKE DISSOLVES LIKE”
Substances with similar types of intermolecular forces dissolve in each other.
When a solute dissolves in a solvent, solute-solute interactions and solvent-solvent interactions are partly replaced with solute-solvent interactions.
The new forces created between solute and solvent must be comparable in strength to the forces destroyed within the solute and the solvent.
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