dissolvidos

Dissolvidos is a term used in chemistry to describe substances that have entered into a solution by dissolving in a solvent. The resulting mixture is typically homogeneous, with the dissolved material distributed at the molecular or ionic level throughout the solvent.

Dissolvidos can be solids, liquids, or gases. Examples include table salt (sodium chloride) dissolving in water, sugar dissolving in tea, and carbon dioxide dissolving in water to form a solution. Some dissolvidos dissociate into ions in solution (electrolytes), such as salts and acids, while others remain as intact molecules (nonelectrolytes), such as sugar or ethanol.

The extent to which a substance becomes a dissolvido depends on solubility, which is influenced by temperature, pressure (notably for gases), solvent polarity, and molecular interactions between solute and solvent. Higher temperature generally increases solubility for most solids, while gases become less soluble with increasing temperature. Smaller particle size, agitation, and a good solvent–solute interaction (such as hydrogen bonding or ion–dipole interactions) also promote dissolution.

Dissolvidos relate to concepts of saturation and concentration. A solution is saturated when no more dissolvidos can dissolve at a given temperature; it may become supersaturated under certain conditions. Concentration can be expressed in various ways, including molarity, molality, mole fraction, and mass percent.

Applications of understanding dissolvidos span chemistry, environmental science, pharmacology, and everyday life, where dissolution rates and solubility determine processes from drug administration to pollutant transport.