These substances create a temporary entropically unfavorable cage when performing their role. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these substances that dissolve solutes.
ANSWER: solvents
[10m] Solvents are often categorized by if they are polar or nonpolar, and whether or not they have this property of having labile hydrogen atoms.
ANSWER: protic
[10h] At their interface with solutes, solvents form one of these structures with a number of molecules equal to the solvation number. Examples of these structures when water solvates proteins are sometimes called hydration layers.
ANSWER: solvation shells [or solvation sheaths; accept hydration shells]
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