Why are salt and sugar both able to dissolve in water, even though the solutes have different types of chemical bonding? a. Everything can dissolve in water because water is considered a universal solvent. b. Liquid water is cooler than solid salt and sugar, allowing them to dissolve easily. c. Salt's ions and sugar's polar bonds are both attracted to the polar water molecules. d. Small solutes like salt and sugar can fit in the spaces between large water molecules.
Chemistry · High School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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C.Salt's ions and sugar's polar bonds are both attracted to the polar water molecules.
The ability of salt and sugar to dissolve in water is due to the polar nature of water molecules. Both salt (ionic compound) and sugar (molecular compound with polar bonds) interact with water molecules through attractive forces – in the case of salt, it's the attraction between water molecules and the ions of salt, and for sugar, it's the interactions between water molecules and the polar covalent bonds in the sugar molecules.