drugs used in industry
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... Understanding the considerations of solubility and solvents on the use and action of drugs in the pharmaceutical industry A solvent is a liquid or gas that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.Solubility is the physical property describing the ability the solute, to dissolve in a solvent. The factors that affect the solubility are 1) The polarity of the substance and the polarity of the solvent. 2) The temperature of the solvent. 3) The size of the particles. Temperature Solubility generally increases with the rise in temperature and usually decreases with the fall of the temperature but this does not always happen in endothermic reaction solubility increases with the increase in temperature. But in an exothermic reaction solubility decreases with the increase in the temperature Polarity of substance Solubility of a solute in a solvent purely depends on the nature of both solute and solvent. A polar solute














