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Why can water dissolve some ionic compounds, like NH4Cl, as well as some nonionic compounds, like methanol?

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Water is polar molecule. ... The ionic compounds are dissolved as these ions attract the hydrogen( negative charge attraacts them) and oxygen (positive charge attracts them) whereas methanol is a polar molecule and forms hydrogen bond with water molecules and hence dissolves.

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