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Water's ___________ makes it an excellent solvent for salts, like sodium chloride, as well as other substances required by cells to carry out metabolic processes.

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Water's POLARITY makes it excellent solvent for salts like sodium chloride as well as other substances required by cells to carry out metabolic processes

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Water is known to be the "universal solvent." Water's high positive hydrogen content and high negative oxygen content make it an excellent solvent for salts, like sodium chloride, as weel as other substances required by cells to carry out metabolic processes. 
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