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Why does heating increase the speed at which a solute dissolves in water?

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It makes the water molecules move faster.

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For many solids dissolved in liquid water, the solubilityincreases with temperature. Theincrease in kinetic energy that comes with higher temperatures allows the solvent molecules to more effectively break apart the solute molecules that are held together by intermolecular attractions.
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