Question
Give reasons : Water is a best transporting medium.
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Answer
- Water is in liquid state at room temperature.
- It is best solvent for most of the solutes. Thus called universal solvent.
- It is inert inorganic compound with neutral pH i.e. pH 7 when in pure form.
- Hence it is best medium for dissolved minerals.
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