Can someone please explain to me why is it when you add sodium chloride to water, more ins are created, and can please explain in detail.....THANKS :)
2007-03-22 15:26:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Sodium Chloride is a compound of Sodium and Chlorine. They are held together by electrostatic attraction.
When it is dissolved the compound breaks up into Sodium ions and Chlorine ions. So you get 2 sets of ions for each singular sodium chloride molecule.
2007-03-22 15:31:22 · answer #1 · answered by reb1240 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ionic bonding occurs when you bond two atoms of different charge i.e Na +1 charge and Chlorine -1 charge. Water also has the same property with H being +1 and O being -2 there explaing the formula H20. When you look at the bonding of water you have a structure similar to this:
O----H----O. With each atom maintaining thier charge.
NaCl then diassociates when in water. Then ionic bonding occure between the Na and O and Cl and H. Looking somehwat like this:
Cl
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Na---O-----H-----O---Na
Sorry i can't represent the structures better.
2007-03-22 22:37:39 · answer #2 · answered by ulm_indian05 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK. Sodium chloride solid is table salt. It is a crystalline lattice containing equal numbers of positively charged sodium ions and negatively charged chloride ions. In water, the lattice dissociates into free, individual ions in aqueous solution. The ions are not "created". They were already there in the crystal lattice.
2007-03-22 22:36:33 · answer #3 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋