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OK so a compound such as sodium chloride dissolves in water because water molecules can orient themselves according to a charge of the particle Na+ and Cl- so that ions are pulled apart from one another and they dissolve. This can also happen the other way around when water is evaporated the less water there is the more closer the ions are.

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NaCl is salt. Any ionic compound (metal+ nonmetal) dissociates into its ions when placed in water (Na+ and Cl-)

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Like dissolves like.

A polar substance like NaCl will hence dissolve in a polar solvent like water

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Ionic compounds such as sodium chloride NaCl dissolve easily in water?

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I classify that as an overstatement. It is true that a great many ionic compounds are highly soluble in water, but not all of them.


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This is a wrong question. Ionic bonding is a term referring to the attractive forces between the charged ions of an ionic compound. If you meant to ask " Do ionic compounds dissolve in water? ", the answer is yes. Most of them do. This is because the polar water molecules are easily separate the ions in the ionic solid. However, for unknown reasons, some ionic compounds do not dissolve in water. An example is Silver Chloride.


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it can, polar water molecules easily dissolve polar molecules, or ionic compounds such as salt.


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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.