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Acetone is a solvent in some nail polish removers. which explains why acetone dissolves nail polish?

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A nonpolar solvent will dissolve a nonpolar solute.
User Dan Beaulieu
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Step-by-step explanation:

It is known that like dissolves like, that is, polar solvents readily dissolve polar solutes and non-polar solvents readily dissolve non-polar solutes.

Acetone is a strong non-polar solvent and nail polish is also a non-polar solute.

Therefore, both of them being non-polar in nature that is why, nail polish is able to dissolve in acetone.

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