0
What dissolves many ionic and molecular compounds because of its?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
water, because of its polarity. This is caused by the oxygen molecule having a higher electron affinity, which means that the electrons of the hydrogen molecules more or less hang out around the oxygen causing the oxygen to be partially negative and the hydrogen ends to be partially positive. This is what is called a dipole moment which is why ionic (positive or negatively charged) and molecular (polar covalent) compounds are able to dissociate in the solvent(water).
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What substance dissolves best in water?
ionic compounds and polar molecules
What is the compound Cd3N2?
It's cadmium nitride, not cadmium binitride because the prefix "bi" is not used in ionic compounds such as these, only in molecular compounds.
What are the compounds or ions for N2O5?
N2O5 is a molecular compound, not ionic.
Why is the term molecular mass applied to water but the term formula mass applied to aluminum chloride?
molecular formula is referred to water because they are covalent compounds while formula mass for aluminum chloride because they are ionic compounds
Why does 0.300 M KCl have a higher boiling point that 0.500 M glucose?
KCl is an ionic compound and glucose is a molecular compound. Ionic compounds have higher boiling points than molecular compounds.
Water dissolves many ionic and molecular compounds because of what?
ionic bonding
Water dissolves many ionic and molecular compounds why?
because it is a polar molecule
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 the difference between ionic and molecular compound?
Ionic compounds contain ionic compounds whereas molecular compounds contain covalent bonds in their molecules.
How are molecular compounds different from an ionic compound?
In molecular compounds, atoms are joined by covalent bonds, while in ionic compounds, they are joined by ionic bonds.
Is PtO2 ionic or molecular compounds?
Ionic
How can molecular compounds be distinguished from ionic compounds?
Many ionic compounds exist as crystals but covalent compounds as molecules (there are exceptions as diamond though). Ionic compounds would be good electrical conductors unlike molecular compounds.
Why do you put prefixes in front of molecular compositions but not ionic compounds?
Just because
How do ionic compounds and molecular compounds differ in their relative melting and bioling points?
Ionic compounds have higher melting and boiling points than molecular compounds do. The electronegativity difference in ionic compounds makes their bond much stronger.
An ionic compound is not represented by a molecular formula because an ionic compound?
Ionic compounds are conventionally represented by chemical formulas; but after contemporary knowledge ionic compounds have complex, long chain molecules.
Is dinitrogen pentoxide ionic or molecular?
Molecular. (Molecular and covalent compounds are the same).
What evidence is there ionic compounds exists as ions in their pure state while molecular compounds exist as molecules in their pure state?
Ionic compounds conduct electricity while molecular compounds do not
