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How do water molecules disslove in salt

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Because the positive part of water molecules attracts negative chloride ions and the negative part of water molecules attracts positive sodium ions, water may dissolve salt. The solubility of a material is the quantity of that substance that can dissolve in a liquid (at a given temperature).

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