why does water can dissolve salt so easily?

Question

explain why water can dissolve salt so easily..


i think it's because they're both polar or something
i need details..


thanks~

Answer 1

No, it is water that is polar, not salt.

Salt is an ionic solid. That means that it is the electrical attraction between Sodium (Na+) and Chlorine (Cl-) that holds them together. Since H20 is polar, it has a negative end that attracts Na+ and a positive end that attracts Cl-.

Answer 2

Salt is turned into Na+ and Cl- ions when they dissolve, so they are not polar anymore. However I think that the Na+ sticks to the O of the water and the Cl- sticks to the H of the water.

Answer 3

Polar is on the right track. They are both ionic compounds. They both have many positive and negative atoms. The water breaks the salt apart by oppositely charged particles bonding with each other.

Answer 4

Because salt is water-soluble.
Solubility being the result of polarized atoms that due to their
opposing electrolytic actions, break apart tightly held atoms to
where both compounds now become one, homogenous compound.

Answer 5

Salt is by nature to have a ph of 7. It is half way between acid and basic the later 2 can be very dangerous. Bit if it is acid u can neutralize it with basic and when it is neutralized to salt it will not be dangerous. This is how mother nature does it.

Answer 6

you're on the right track - sodium ion has a positive charge and chloride ion a negative charge - a water molecule has a slightly negative charge on the oxygen and positive charges on the hydrogens - so the water easily passess between the ions and separates them (this is afterall what dissolution is) by having the negatively charged oxygen atoms face and surround the sodium ions and vice-versa for the chlorides