Question

Does sodium chloride undergo chemical reaction with water?

Answer 1

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

Explanation:

When NaCl is dissolved in water, ionization occurs to form aquated `Na^+`, and `Cl^-` ions.

We could represent the reaction as follows:

`NaCl(s) stackrel(H_2O)rarr Na^(+)(aq) + Cl^(-)(aq)`.

`Na^(+)(aq)` represents the aquated sodium ion, which we could formulate as `[Na(OH_2)_6]^+`, that is 1 sodium ion surrounded by, or aquated by 6 water molecules. No acid/base chemistry occurs.