/oss/taxonomy/term/3467/all en /oss/article/you-asked/why-do-we-use-hot-water-wash-clothes <p>Temperature is just a measure of how quickly, molecules are moving. When a substance dissolves in water, its components, be they ions or molecules, form stronger attractions to water molecules than to each other and therefore can be pulled apart from each other and become surrounded by water molecules. In other words, the water molecules have to wedge themselves in between the units of the solute to bring it into solution The faster the water molecules are moving, the greater their kinetic energy and the greater the chance that they can blast themselves into the solute.</p> Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:49:44 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7416 at /oss