A solvent is a liquid which has the property to dissolve substances without reacting with them.
The importance of such a component is due to a lot of purposes:
- dilution of a liquid/solid substance to favourite its handling
- uniform distribution of a substance on a surface (i.e. paints, inks)
- interaction between two substances not reacting each
- other extraction of one or more substances from mixtures
- substances removal (i.e. degreasing)