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Water has a slight negative charge around its oxygen atom, and a slight positive charge around its hydrogen atoms Which type of solvent is water?

A) Saturated
B) no polar
C) polar
D) unsaturated

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C.
Water is polar because one side of the molecule is positive and the other is negative.
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Answer:

Polar

Step-by-step explanation:

water is a polar solvent since they can ionize into positive (H+) and negative ions (OH-). they can dissociate into negatively and positively charged poles

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