Question

Water's _____ property creates positive and negative ions, which are essential for chemical reactions. ionization acidic basic cohesive

Answer 1

The correct answer is ionization.


Therefore the correct sentence will be-

Water’s ionization property creates positive and negative ions which are essential for chemical reactions.


The ionization property is a self reaction process of water which occurs in pure water aqueous solution.

In this process a water molecule first deprotonates to become a hydroxide ion, OH-.

After the deprotonization is complete, the hydrogen nucleus immediately protonates another water molecule to form hydronium H3O+.

Answer 2

Water is a polar covalent compound i.e., it exhibits charge separation . The water molecules align themselves in such a way that the positive end of the water molecule attracts the negative end of an ionic compound and the negative end attracts the positive end of the ionic compound , thus breaking the strong electrostatic bond in an ionic compound. This is the unique property of water.