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.

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Braydon Snyder

17 December, 23:54

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.

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Tania Walton · Answer 1

ions are surrounded by hydrogen ends with positive partial charge. In this way the salt is dissolved in water. Sugar is a molecular compound formed by covalent bonds. In a polar covalent bond, electrons are shared unevenly