Non-Polar Solvents

•Non-Polar Solvents (Carbon tetrachloride, Benzene, Mineral Oil) have:

  --Low dielectric constant

  --Cannot reduce attraction, break covalent bonds, nor

  ionize weak electrolytes

  - They are unable to form hydrogen bonds with non electrolytes.

  - Non polar solvents can dissolve non polar solutes through weak van der Waals forces

•Dielectric Constant:

  --Measure of polarizability of a molecule

  --Polarizability (Increase DC--Increase Polarizability)