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by BurningFrog 2060 days ago
I know what you mean, and this is bordering on willful misunderstanding, but I'll still do this:

The most commonly used solvent is water. Ethanol is also a major one: https://www.worldofmolecules.com/solvents/

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The Greeks called water “the ultimate solution”, because it could dissolve just about anything, given enough time. It is the original solvent.

Or do we need to restart that program to ban all use of the horrible dihydrogen oxide solvent that pollutes over 70% of the surface of the world? ;)