Question

a drop taken from the top of a mixture of salt and water will jot be identical to a drop taken from the bottom of the mixture

Answer 1

Water molecules pull the sodium and chloride ions apart, breaking the ionic bond that held them together. After the salt compounds are pulled apart, the sodium and chloride atoms are surrounded by water molecules, as this diagram shows. Once this happens, the salt is dissolved, resulting in a homogeneous solution.

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