Does sodium chloride undergo chemical reaction with water?

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Does sodium chloride undergo chemical reaction with water?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-02T16:55:05

Yep. While sodium chloride does not hydrolyze water, it does undergo ionization.

Explanation:

When NaCl is dissolved in water, ionization occurs to form aquated $N a^{+}$ $Na^+$ , and $C l^{-}$ $Cl^-$ ions.

We could represent the reaction as follows:

$N a C l (s) H_{2} O - - \to N a^{+} (a q) + C l^{-} (a q)$ $NaCl(s) stackrel(H_2O)rarr Na^(+)(aq) + Cl^(-)(aq)$ .

$N a^{+} (a q)$ $Na^(+)(aq)$ represents the aquated sodium ion, which we could formulate as ${[N a {(O H_{2})}_{6}]}_{6}^{+}$ $[Na(OH_2)_6]^+$ , that is 1 sodium ion surrounded by, or aquated by 6 water molecules. No acid/base chemistry occurs.

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