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Water is basically a polar solvent . Due to the presence positive and negative poles on hydrogen and oxygen atoms respectively, the -ve part of ionic compound becomes attached to the hydrogen of water and +ve part of ionic compound is attached to the partial negative charge bearing oxygen of water. Following this phenomenon ionic compounds are soluble in water .

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