If a substance is covalent, then it likely will

Chemistry

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kati45 [8]3 years ago

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Not be soluble in water

AVprozaik [17]3 years ago

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Answer: Option (b) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

A substance in which bond forming between the combining atoms is due to the sharing of electrons is known as a covalent bond.

For example, bond present in a $Cl_{2}$ molecule is a covalent bond.

Some covalent bonds are non-polar in nature whereas water is a polar solvent. As it is known that like dissolves like.

Therefore, covalent molecules will not be soluble in water as water is a polar molecule.

Thus, we can conclude that if a substance is covalent, then it likely will not be soluble in water.

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