Question

When an ionic compound dissolves into water , splitting into his respective ions the positive ions will be attracted to the _________ end of the water molecule? A)neutral B)partially positive C)partially negitive

Please Explain

Answer 1

Well, you know that water is a DIPOLE....?

Explanation:

And what does that mean? It means that there is charge separation in the water molecule....the which we could represent as `stackrel(""^+delta)H-stackrel(delta^-)O-stackrel(delta^+)H`..and you must have seen this representation before...

`OH_2` can this interact in an ion-dipole fashion with POSITIVELY charged ion....sometimes we like to invoke bonds between the oxygen donor and the metal cation...

And so your option is clear....`H_2OrarrNa^+`