An important property of solvents is boiling point. This also determines the speed of evaporation.

Small amounts of low-boiling solvents like diethyl ether, dichloromethane, or acetone will
evaporate in seconds at room temperature, while high-boiling solvents like water or dimethyl
sulfoxide need higher temperatures, an air flow, or the application of vacuum for fast
evaporation.

 Low boilers: boiling temperature below 100 °C (boiling point of water)

 Medium boilers: between 100 °C and 150 °C
 High boilers: above 150 °C

 Most organic solvents have a lower density than water, which means they are lighter and
will form a separate layer on top of water. An important exception: most of the
halogenated solvents like dichloromethane or chloroform will sink to the bottom of a
container, leaving water as the top layer. This is important to remember when partitioning
compounds between solvents and water in a separatory funnel during chemical syntheses.
 Solutions and solvation
 When one substance is dissolved into another, a solution is formed.[1] This is opposed to a
mixture where one compound is added to another and no chemical bond is formed;[citation
needed]
a way to think of mixtures and solutions is to compare a cup of water with sand
mixed in versus a soda where all of the ingredients are uniform to create a new substance.
No residue is left in the bottom. The mixing is referred to as miscibility, whereas the
ability to dissolve one compound into another is known as solubility. However, in
addition to mixing, both substances in the solution can interact with each other in specific
ways. Solvation describes these interactions. When something is dissolved, molecules of
the solvent arrange themselves around molecules of the solute. Heat is involved and
entropy is increased making the solution more thermodynamically stable than the solute
alone. This arrangement is mediated by the respective chemical properties of the solvent
and solute, such as hydrogen bonding, dipole moment and polarizability.[2]
 [edit] Solvent classifications
 Solvents can be broadly classified into two categories: polar and non-polar. Generally,
the dielectric constant of the solvent provides a rough measure of a solvent's polarity. The
strong polarity of water is indicated, at 20 °C, by a dielectric constant of 80.10. Solvents
with a dielectric constant of less than 15 are generally considered to be nonpolar.[3]
Technically, the dielectric constant measures the solvent's ability to reduce the field
strength of the electric field surrounding a charged particle immersed in it. This reduction
is then compared to the field strength of the charged particle in a vacuum.[3] In laymen's
terms, dielectric constant of a solvent can be thought of as its ability to reduce the solute's
internal charge.

 A solvent (from the Latin solvere, "loosen") is a liquid, solid, or gas that dissolves
another solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution that is soluble in a certain
volume of solvent at a specified temperature. Common uses for organic solvents are in
dry cleaning (e.g. tetrachloroethylene), as a paint thinner (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), in perfumes (ethanol),
 and in chemical synthesis. The use of inorganic solvents (other than water) is typically
limited to research chemistry and some technological processes.
 Solute, a substance dissolved in fluid, forming a solution