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Salt dissolves in water because the oxygen element in water is slightly negatively charged whereas The sodium is slightly positively charged.

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Water is a poor solvent?

This question demands a comparison - poor with regard to what?. Water is a good solvent compared with carbon dioxide. Water is a poor solvent compared with nitric acid.


When the structure of pure water makes it a good what?

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