What is a solvent that will dissolve a large number of different kinds of things, including substances like salt and sugar?

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David G.
Mar 28, 2016

If you're looking for a single solvent, water (H_2O) is sometimes called the 'universal solvent'. It doesn't dissolve everything, but it does dissolve many things, including both ionic substances like salt and molecular substances like sugar.

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