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Substances that form ions when dissolved in water are electrolytes.

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An Alkali (bases are insoluble?)

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Electrolytes

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Salts produce ions when dissolved.

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acid or base

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Ionic compounds or electrolytes

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What is a group of compounds that release ions when dissolved in water called?

compounds that release ions when they dissolve in water ar called acids.


Can water dissolve water compounds?

yea water can dissolve polar compounds


How do you dissolve ionic compounds?

By placing them in Water. This is called an aqueous solution.


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.


Will NaCrO4 dissolve in water?

Na2CrO4 will dissolve in water as will all sodium compounds.


Do polar and ionic compounds dissolve in water?

Ionic compounds, for one, can dissolve in water. They split up into oppositely charged ions when dissolved in water.


What type of compounds can dissolve in water?

The general rule for solvation is like dissolves like. Water is a very polar molecule. Thus, water best dissolves polar substances, including ionic and polar covalent substances.


Why and how inorganic compounds dissolve in water?

Like dissolves like. Polar inorganic compounds will dissolve in polar solvents like water or alcohol.


What determines whether a compound will dissolve in whether?

The polarity or charges of compounds will determine if a compound would dissolve in water, where compounds with opposite charges within their molecules dissolve in water.


Why do all ionic compounds dissolve in water?

Many ionic compounds do NOT dissolve in water- such as calcium carbonate. The majority do and that is because the solvation of the ions is energetically favourable in those compounds.


Do vacuous compounds dissolve in water?

sodium chloride dissolve in water because of vacuous compound


How does water dissolve NaCL?

Water dissolve sodium chloride because both are polar compounds.