When discussing solutions, the solute is the substance which dissolves, while the solvent is the substance into which the solute dissolves. Creating a salt water solution involves dissolving salt in water, making salt the solute and water the solvent. However, determining which is the solute or solvent is not always so simple, and some rules exist for determining which substance dissolves in the other. Continue Reading.
Sean Berdy is an actor who has risen to fame for his portrayal of Emmett in ABC Family's Peabody Award-winning drama, Switched at Birth.
Marlee Matlin on Why âSwitched at Birthâ Is Breakthrough TV. Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin is back in the spotlight on ABC Familyâs âSwitched at Birth,â which will have its winter premiere on Tuesday. The hour-long drama, about two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched at birth, finds Matlin, who is deaf, in good company with a new crop of young and talented deaf actors. Katie Leclerc plays Daphne, one of the teens, who is deaf.