why sodium hydroxide is much more water soluble than sodium chloride ??
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Na+ ion solvated in water by ion-dipole interaction between Na+ and water ant OH- ion is solvated by ion-dipole interaction as well as H- bonding with the H2O molecule. However Cl- doesn't form H-bond with H2O due to its greater size and low electron density. That's why NaOH is more soluble in water than NaCl.
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Sodium hydroxide is much more soluble than sodium chloride because when the Na+ and OH- ions break up, the OH- ions are much smaller than Cl- ions and are able to hydrogen bond with water, thus dissolving easier than Cl- ions would be able to.
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