Solvent

A solvent (from the Latin solvō, "I loosen, untie, I solve") is a substance that dissolves a solute (a chemically different liquid, solid or gas), resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid or a gas. The quantity of solute that can dissolve in a specific volume of solvent varies with temperature. Common uses for organic solvents are in dry cleaning (e.g., tetrachloroethylene), as paint thinners (e.g., toluene, turpentine), as nail polish removers and glue solvents (acetone, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate), in spot removers (e.g., hexane, petrol ether), in detergents (citrus terpenes) and in perfumes (ethanol). Water is a solvent for polar molecules and the most common solvent used by living things; all the ions and proteins in a cell are dissolved in water within a cell. Solvents find various applications in chemical, pharmaceutical, oil, and gas industries, including in chemical syntheses and purification processes.

Solutions and solvation

When one substance is dissolved into another, a solution is formed. This is opposed to the situation when the compounds are insoluble like sand in water. In a solution, all of the ingredients are uniformly distributed at a molecular level and no residue remains. A solvent-solute mixture consists of a single phase with all solute molecules occurring as solvates (solvent-solute complexes), as opposed to separate continuous phases as in suspensions, emulsions and other types of non-solution mixtures. The ability of one compound to be dissolved in another is known as solubility; if this occurs in all proportions, it is called miscibility.

Solvent (producer)

Solvent is the stage name used by electronic producer and remixer Jason Amm (b. 1972; Zimbabwe). Although his music has been included in the electroclash movement (as his track "My Radio" appeared on Ghostly International's 2002 compilation album Disco Nouveau), many of Solvent's tracks fall under the intelligent dance music or electropop genres. Jason Amm's music is often associated with its strong influence from early 1980s artists such as Soft Cell and Depeche Mode, but the influence is much wider, spanning the last three decades.

Many of the sounds heard on his tracks are made using analogue gear in more ingenious ways than was ever intended for the equipment.

With partner Gregory DeRocher (who records his own music using the pseudonym Lowfish), Amm owned and operated the Suction record label until its demise in 2008. This was partly because 12" records were no longer being manufactured in Canada, leading to costly imports from the USA.

Aside from tracks appearing on various-artists compilations, Amm has released several full-length albums using the Solvent moniker.

Solvent (disambiguation)

Solvent may refer to:

  • Solvent, a liquid that dissolves another material
  • Solvent (producer), the stage name of electronic musician Jason Amm
  • Solvency, a company's capability to meet its financial obligations
  • "Solvent", a song on the 1984 Skinny Puppy album Remission
  • "solvent", a song on the 2013 Skinny Puppy album Weapon
  • See also

  • Solvation
  • Solvent cabinet
  • Solvent exposure
  • Solvent extraction
  • Podcasts:

    Solvent

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    Solvent

    by: Amoral

    Abuse of intoxicant emotions
    Owing all that you have to the bold
    Play with the knife, play with the solvent
    Tear open the scars and revoke the will
    Empty slots filling your body
    For vacancy to be shed on others
    Separating the faults from the reason
    Isolating your life from your mission
    How far to follow the thread
    Where you are - follow the thought you shun
    You are all when they have nothing
    And still wandering inside the trap
    Play with the hatch, play with the solvent
    From final destination onwards again
    Unable to distinguish the writings
    Because of standing too close to the wall
    By finding your head from the corner
    You would only prove your word
    How far to follow the thread
    Where you are - follow the thought you shun
    How far to thread by the stream
    Stray now - tie off the dead veins
    Wound fate leaves you wound creations
    Searching for life in ways many would question
    Blindly stabbing your back for your ailing needs




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