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Why does water dissolve many ionic bonds?

water is a polar solvent, it has both a negative and a positive end to it and can therefore surround both the positive and negative ions in a giant ionic lattice, this allows water to break down the solid.


How is water molecule like a magnet?

A water molecule is like a magnet in that it has a positive and negative charge distribution. The oxygen atom in water has a slightly negative charge, while the hydrogen atoms have a slightly positive charge, creating a polar molecule. This polarity allows water molecules to attract each other and form hydrogen bonds.


What molecule has a positive end and negative end?

A zwitterion, if you mean formal charges. If you just mean relatively positive and negative, then a polar molecule.


What is the molecule with a positive and a negative area?

A water molecule has a positive area near the hydrogen atoms (due to partial positive charges) and a negative area near the oxygen atom (due to partial negative charges). This is because of the unequal sharing of electrons between the oxygen and hydrogen atoms in water.


Explain how a water molecule can be attracted to both a positive ion and a negative ion when dissolving an ionic compound?

The shape and charge distribution in a water molecule cause it to have a permanent dipole moment, which consist of a positive electric charge and a negative charge separated by a distance in space. Therefore, the part of a water molecule that corresponds to the negative charge of its dipole moment is attracted to positive ions, and the part of a water molecule that corresponds to the positive charge of its dipole moment is attracted to negative ions.

Related Questions

What happen during positive cycle and negative cycle?

as direction of current reverses it is shown in form of positive and negative cycles


A molecule having slighty negative and positive ends with regard to change?

a molecule having slightly negative and positive ends with regard to change


What is meant by negative half-cycle of an alternating current?

Alternating current varies in magnitude, and reverses direction every half-cycle. When the current is drifting in one direction we allocate it a 'positive' direction; when it reverses direction we allocate it a 'negative' direction. So the positive half-cycle refers to its variation in current during its forward or positive direction and the negative half-cycle refers to its variation in current during its reverse or negative direction.


Is a positive plus a negative make a positive or a negative?

Positive + Negative = Negative Negative + Negative = Positive Positive + Positive = Positive Negative + Positive = Negative


What is a negative - positive?

Negative * positive = negative Positive * positive = positive Negative * negative = positive


Is the water molecule slighty negative or slighty positive?

Both. It is slightly negative from one side and slightly positive from the other.


How is dividing integers similar to multiplying integers with the resulting sign?

The rules for the sign (positive or negative) of the result of a multiplication is the same as division. For multiplication: Positive * Positive --> Positive Positive * Negative --> Negative Negative * Positive --> Negative Negative * Negative --> Positive For division: Positive / Positive --> Positive Positive / Negative --> Negative Negative / Positive --> Negative Negative / Negative --> Positive


If a negative is divided by a positive is it negative?

Yes. Negative/negative = positive Postive/Positive = positive Negative/Positive - negative


When multiplying numbers what do you do with the positive and negative signs?

Negative * positive = negative Positive * positive = positive Negative * negative = positive


When you divided a negative number by a positive number witth the answer be positive or negative?

A negative divided by a positive is negative. A negative divided by a negative is positive. A positive divided by a positive is positive. A positive divided by a negative is negative.


Does a hot water heater element have a positive and negative?

For an electric water heater on alternating current, there is not 'positive' or 'negative'. There should be terminals labeled hot and neutral, though.


What does it mean when you say water is a polar molecules?

It means that water has a positive side and a negative side. This allows polar substances to dissolve well in water.