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colleen colleen
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11 years ago
Would you expect sodium chloride (NaCl) to be highly soluble in the organic solvent hexane (CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3)? Briefly explain your answer.
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11 years ago
One would not expect NaCl to be highly soluble in hexane. NaCl is an ionic solid (i.e., a very polar material) while hexane is nonpolar. Nonpolar solvent molecules do not solvate ions well. The attractions of oppositely charged ions to each other are vastly greater than the weak attractions of the ions for the solvent.
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