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[[File:Acetone-3D-balls-B.png|thumb|200px|Acetone is a solvent for certain plastics.]]
Un '''disolvente''' o '''solvente''' es la [[sustancia]] that [[dissolve]]s the [[solute]]. The solvent is the medium into which the solutes are mixed or dissolved.<ref name=brady>{{cite book|author=Brady, James E.; Holum, John R|title=Chemistry: The Study of Matter and its Changes|edition=2nd|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=New York|page=127|year=1996|isbn=0-471-10042-0}}</ref> A solvent can be in any physical state either as solid, as a liquid or as gas.<ref name=brady /> In the example of salt and water, water is the solvent. In the example of certain plastics and acetone, the acetone is the solvent.
==Solvent classifications==
Solvents are in a general way classified into polar and non-polar. The water is an example of polar solvent while CS<sub>2</sub> and CDCl<sub>3</sub> are examples of non-polar solvents.<ref>{{cite book|author=Sinnott, Michael L|title=Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry:Structure and Mechanism|location=Cambridge|year=2007|publisher=RSC Publishing|page=41; 59|isbn=978-0-85404-256-2}}</ref>
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