Question

Nacl is an ionic solid. the na+ and cl− ions in nacl are bonded through an electrostatic force of attraction commonly known as the ionic bond. water is a polar solvent. the oxygen atom, being more electronegative, attracts the electron cloud toward itself. as the electron cloud is pulled by the oxygen atom, it carries a partial negative charge, and the hydrogen atoms carry a partial positive charge. this partial separation of charges in the water molecule makes it polar. predict which intermolecular forces contribute the most to the dissolution of nacl in water.

Answer 1

NaCl is poster-compound for ionic bonding. The bonds in NaCl have about 70% ionic character, making the bond highly polar. its overstatement to state that there is actual ion in NaCl with +1 and -1 charge but actual charge of Na and Cl is +1 and -1 ion, since Nacl exist as a network of highly charged particle and not discrete molecule, NaCl particle does not exhibit intermolecular forces. Water molecule on other hand exhibit London dispersion force, keesom force, and hydrogen bonding. The polar water molecule are attracted to the polarized Na and Cl atoms. This is what allow NaCl(s) to dissolve and ionize in water. Therefore type of attraction in NaCl is ion-dipole attraction.