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I'm assuming you're using water as a solvent. Ionic bonds are not like covalent bonds in that two ions in an ionic compound are only greatly attracted to each other without an real "bonding" per se. Water itself is a polar compound (that is, one side carries a slight positive charge around the hydrogens and one side carries a slightly negative charge around the oxygen). Ionic compounds, when added to water, dissociate into their base ions when they come into contact with the polar water molecules. This holds true for most other solvents as well.
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∙ 14y agoBecause water is a polar molecule meaning that there are some regions of it that are slightly positive and some regions that are slightly negative, it has the capacity to dissolve ionic substances which are also positively and negatively charged.
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∙ 11y agoOppositely charged ions form compounds because of the electrostatic attraction that occurs between them, which is the ionic bond.
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What types of molecules dissolve easily in water?
Polar molecules and ions dissolve easily in water
What is a compound that release ions when they dissolve in water?
acid
Substances that dissolve as ions are known as?
Electrolytes
Why should you not expect the halides ions to dissolve in mineral oil?
halide ions strongly interact with the counter-ions. However, mineral oil is non-polar. To dissolve the halide ions (and the counter-ions) into mineral oil would drastically raise system energy. Thus it does not work. More simply, halide ions have a charge and won't easily dissolve in non-polar substances, since like-dissolves-like.
An acid is a substance that ionizes in water to form what ions?
Acids dissolve in water to release hydrogen ions.
What ions are formed when hydrochloric acid dissolve in water?
These ions are H+ and Cl-.
When salt dissolve in water they?
separate into ions.
What types of molecules dissolve easily in water?
Polar molecules and ions dissolve easily in water
When salts dissolve in water they undergo?
when salts dissolve in water they undergo dissociation into corresponding ions.
What is a compound that release ions when they dissolve in water?
acid
Substances that dissolve as ions are known as?
Electrolytes
Why should you not expect the halides ions to dissolve in mineral oil?
halide ions strongly interact with the counter-ions. However, mineral oil is non-polar. To dissolve the halide ions (and the counter-ions) into mineral oil would drastically raise system energy. Thus it does not work. More simply, halide ions have a charge and won't easily dissolve in non-polar substances, since like-dissolves-like.
An acid is a substance that ionizes in water to form what ions?
Acids dissolve in water to release hydrogen ions.
What ionic compound will dissolve in water to release exactly three ions?
Not quite sure what the questioner is aiming at. Group 2 halides , such as MgCl2 dissolve to give 3 ions. Compounds such as alum, KAl(SO4)2.12H2O which dissolves to give K+, Al3+, SO42- dissolve to give 3 different sorts of ions.
What will happen to the sodium nitrate when it is put in water?
NaNO3 will dissolve in water. It will dissociate into Na+ ions and NO3- ions. And the ions will then be solvated by water molecule.
What metals will not dissolve in an aqueous solution containing nickel ions?
POSSIBLE ANSWER: nickel (Ni) EXPLANATION: all metals dissolve in water more or less and there is an equilibrium point at which the dissolving rate and the condensing rate are the same. If the solution already has enough nickel ions (in other words it is a saturated solution), then the solid nickel you put in will not dissolve.
What contains hydrogen and produces hydronium ions when they dissolve in water?
Acids :]
