Carbon tetrachloride, water and hexane are used to show how polarity and density affect the interactions between substances.
Some substances dissolve readily in others. Some substances do not. Some substances are more dense than others. This video deals with the concepts of solubility and density.
There are two approaches to the topic "Like Dissolves Like". This one provides a movie that demonstrates the concepts. The other provides a series of multimedia experiments that will encourage you to think actively about the concepts.
Credits:
- Design and Demonstration
- George Gilbert Denison University, Granville, OH 43023
- Video
- Jerrold J. Jacobsen University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- Text
- George Gilbert Denison University, Granville, OH 43023
- Kelly Houston Jetzer University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- David Phillips Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN 47933