give reason. Why covalent compounds do not ionize in solution?
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Answer:
Electrovalent compounds dissolve in polar solvent like water because the forces of attraction between positive and negative charges become weak in water. But since covalent compound are made up of molecules, they do not ionize in water and hence do not dissolve in water.
Answer:
In covalent bonding, electrons are shared which means there is no actual transfer of electrons taking place, rather the sharing of same electron takes place hence ions are not formed. And since there are no ions formed no ionization takes place.
Explanation:
Let's take a simple example of NaCl. When forming this compound exchange of electrons takes place, i.e Na gave Cl one of it's electron making Na positive and Cl negative in charge which means ions are formed and now these ions (due to electrostatic force) are now combined together. And when NaCl is added to water it gets ionized, i.e the ions of Na and Cl gets separated.
But...
In a covalent bond sharing of electrons takes place , there's no actual transfer of electrons, hence no ions are formed, and if ions are not formed then how can you even ionize it? Right?
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