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Water has the property of being what is known as the "universal solvent" for having the amazing ability to solvate nearly anything. In the case of table salt, or sodium chloride, water has the ability to disassociate this salt into Na+ cations and Cl- anions.
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∙ 14y agoWater can dissolve things like sugar and salt because it is a polar molecule. That is, it's not symmetrical at an atomic level. Though the overall charge is balanced, the water molecule forms in kind of an L shape, with the Oxygen at the corner and the hydrogens on the ends. The hydrogens each have a positive charge, and the oxygen has a 2x negative charge, so when it makes the L shape, the corner is slightly negative, and the tips slightly positive. This attracts other molecules that are polarized. That is why oil won't mix with water. Oil is not polarized, and so the oxygen molecules are more attracted to each other than the oil
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∙ 12y agoWater is what is known as a polar solvent. The water molecule has a positive pole and a negative pole, because the two hydrogen atoms form an approximately 120o angle with the oxygen atom between them, rather than being in a straight line (which would be a 180o angle). Oxygen has a stronger attraction for electrons than hydrogen does, so the distribution of electrons in the water molecule favors oxygen, which therefore has a negative charge, leaving the hydrogen atoms with positive charges. Because water is polar, it strongly attracts any other electrically charged items such as the ions that form ionic compounds such as table salt (the sodium has a positive charge and the chlorine has a negative charge).
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∙ 12y agoWater is a polar solvent. Water is made of 2 hydrogen atoms, one oxygen atom. The oxygen atom has a negative charge and the hydrogen has a positive charge. Table salt, NaCl (sodium chloride) is an ionic compound, and can separate into Na+ and Cl- ions in polar solvents.
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∙ 13y agoThe property that enables water to dissolve other substances, such as sea salts, is cohesion.
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∙ 12y agoit's ionic property.
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∙ 12y agoSolubility
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An unknown compound dissolves in water but the solution does not conduct electricity?
If a compound dissolves into water and allows for the conductance of electrical current its said to be ionic and an electrolyte. Sodium chloride (NaCl) or table salt exhibits this property. Sugar is a compound that will dissolve in water but not conduct current. Sugar is not an electrolyte or ionic; rather a covalent molecule.
When salt is dissolved in water what is the water?
The salt is the solute and the water is the solvent. Water is the solvent because it is what dissolves the solid salt into the solution. The water molecules pull apart the crystal structure of salt and surround the salt ions.
Does temperature affect the amount of salt that dissolves in water?
Yes.
How do salt and water form a solution?
yes, its called a salt water solution (saline)
How do the changes that occur when water is mixed with salt differ from the changes that result when water is mixed with sodium?
When water is mixed with salt, the salt dissolves in the water but whenwater is mixed with sodium, the sodium reacts violently with water.
When table salt dissolves in water is it a physical or chemical property?
It is both:It is a physical property because the solid salt becomes part of the liquid state of the water.It is a chemical property because the act of dissolving in water changes the salt (NaCl) into separate ions.
Why does ordinary table salt dissolves in water?
cuz it does!
What happens when a teaspoon of table salt is stirred into a glass of water?
It dissolves.
Which of the following is a physical property of table salt (NaCI) that allows it to be pumped from under the ground?
It dissolves in water. The method for pumping it is neat: they drill holes in the salt bed and pump in water. The water dissolves salt until a saturated solution is reached, then more water is pumped in. After a year or more, the brine is pumped out and they start anew.
When table salt dissolves in water what occurs?
The reaction is: NaCl↔Na+ + Cl-
What will happen if sodium chloride is placed in water?
You already know this! Because the main component of table salt is sodium chloride and table salt dissolves in water.
Are salt and water are examples of a mixture?
Salt dissolves in water making a SOLUTION. If the salt is table-salt (the one you "salt" food with), then you have a Sodium chloride solution. Thus, they are an example of a solution.
What dissolves faster salt water or sugar water?
Salt dissolves faster in heated water. Sugar dissolves faster in regular water.
What property is a physical property of table salt NaCl that allows it to be pumped?
This the solubility in water.
What dissolves faster in heated water sugar or salt?
Salt dissolves faster in heated water. Sugar dissolves faster in regular water.
Property of water allows it to dissolve compounds such as table salt?
Solubility
What is produced when salt dissolves into water?
Salt Water
