(a) Considering the energetics of solute-solute, solvent- solvent, and solute-solvent interactions, explain why NaCl dissolves in water...

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(a) Considering the energetics of solute-solute, solvent- solvent, and solute-solvent interactions, explain why NaCl dissolves in water but not in benzene (C6H6).
(b)What factors cause a cation to be strongly hydrated?
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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