In general, the strongest interaction with water molecules in aqueous solutions are for ions that have:?

Question

a. large charge and large size
b. large charge and small size
c. small charge and large size
d. small charge and small size
e. zero charge and small size

I'm stumped on this one and any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I’m going with b. large charge small size. This seems to match the water molecule best.