Question

What do scientists use to increase the surface area of a solute?

Answer 1

A mortar and pestle?

Explanation:

Mortars and pestles were the traditional instrument of the apothecary. The male part, the pestle, was used inside the female part, the mortar to grind up a solid and reduce particle size.

In the days before robot chefs, cooks would use mortars and pestles to make, say, pesto for spaghetti sauce.