Solvate

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A solvate is an addition compound ( adduct ) of a solute in a solvent . The process of dissolving is called solvation or solvation , the solvent is solvent.

Solvates do not have to be liquids ; crystals or mixed crystals such as alloys can also form. Typical examples of solid solvates are the solution of mercury in zinc or hydrogen in palladium . The solvates also include the addition of ligands to a central atom or ion due to electrostatic interactions .

A special form of the solvate is the hydrate , in which water is the solute.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ AF Holleman , E. Wiberg , N. Wiberg : Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry . 91st – 100th, improved and greatly expanded edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-11-007511-3 , p. 161.