water is called a universal solvent. give reason for your answers

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Most of the solids and most of the liquids dissolve in water. Water is called a Universal solvent because it dissolves more solids and more liquids than any normal solvent would. Due to its broad range of dissolving a wide variety of solids and liquids it is given the name of an Universal Solvent.
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water is called a universal solvent because
1) most of the liquids mix with water
2) most of the solids dissolve in water
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water is known as universal solvent because mose of the liquids mix and dissolve in water
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