Re: Dissolving

From: holyshoot (holyshoot_at_mailinator.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:45:25 +0100

maverick88 wrote:

> Why do ionic substances get decomposed in solution and molecular ones
> don't?
> As far s I know ionic substances are much stronger...
>
> And how does it happen that a cation gives all his electrons in the
> highest energy level to anion when gets dissolved? (ionic substance)
>
> Thanks
>

You're wrong. Bonds in ionic substances are electrostatic, and therefore
  much weaker than those in covalent (molecular) substances, so they
will dissolve easily in aqueous solutions, because the polar molecules
of water will solvatize them with little difficulty.

I'm not sure what you are asking in the second question, maybe someone
else will catch the meaning. :)