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.
He has also played deaf people in the films The Deaf Family and The Legend of the Mountain Man before landing a role as Emmett Bledsoe in the TV series Switched at Birth, a series about two girls who were switched at birth. Berdy says he likes the accurate way that deaf culture is handled in the showâs script.