What makes water a good solvent?
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Water is a good solvent because it is liquid at room temperature - not many things on earth are naturally this and therefore this is a key requirement for a useful solvent on earth.
The bonding and the fact that you have hydrogen links to oxygen is ideal as between them are capable of dissolving many different substances for instance ionic compounds such as salt which is sodium chloride.
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