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You can NOT dissolve 'covalent BONDS' because a bond is one couple of two electrons which hold their two 'parent' atoms together in one molecule.

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the molecules that are not soluble in water. ;)

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They separate into ions.
such compounds rare polar covalent compounds as HCl ,NH3,glucose etc.

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Yes, there are many covalent compounds that dissolve in water including bromine and sulfuric acid.

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Usually no,

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Are ionic compounds more likely to dissolve in water than covalent compounds?

Often - yes. the reason they break apart is the hydration energy of the ions- many ionic compounds are soluble in water and dissociate into ions, however there are ionic solids such as CaCO3 which are not soluble. The bonds in covalent compunds are often not broken- for example thise in alkanes. However there are covalent compounds which do react with water and dissolve.


Does covalent or ionic substances dissolve in water faster?

Ionic compounds


What is the difference in the way ionic and covalent compounds dissolve in solutions?

ionic compounds split into individual ions were as covalent compounds dissolves and is surrounded by water molecules


How can water dissolve some ionic compounds as well as some molecular compounds?

Water can dissolve some ionic compounds as well as some molecular compounds because of its polarity. It is polar enough to dissolve ionic compounds into their ions. Water does not dissolve molecular compounds by breaking covalent bonds, but through intermolecular forces.


What is covalent water?

The water molecule has a covalent bond. Since there is no other kind of water, "covalent water" is redundant. That's what water is. There is no ionic water (although ionic compounds often dissolve in water).


Are substances with ionic or covalent bonds more likely to dissociate in water?

Ionic compounds dissociate when they dissolve in water.


Why don't some covalent compounds dissolve in water?

because some of those bonds are polar and from associations with the water.


Why ozone will not dissolve in water?

Ozone is a non-polar covalent molecule. As water dissolves only polar compounds.


Why do covalent compounds dissolve in ethanol not in water?

The polar covalent compounds are easily soluble in water as HCl, HNO3, H2SO4, Glucose and most of the sugars, Sugar has many polar covalent bonds, in the C-O-H groups, and the molecules of sugar fit easily into the hydrogen bonded microstructure of liquid water.


Will water dissolve in ionic or covalent compounds?

Water is a liquid and is usually considered to be the solvent. Water dissolves solutes. Many ionic compounds, but not all, are soluble in water. Water has negative and positive areas on the molecule so it is ideally suited to dissolving the negative and positive ions of an ionic substance. Purely covalent compounds, non-polar, are not supported by water so do not dissolve. Purely covalent, non-polar compounds have no negative and positive areas for the water to support.


Some covalent compound dissociate dissociate into ions when they dissolve in water and what atom do these compounds have in their structure?

oxygen


Can water dissolve water compounds?

yea water can dissolve polar compounds