Assertion : Water is a good solvent for ionic compounds but poor for covalent compounds…
Chemistry · JEE Advanced · NTA Exams — Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
Assertion : Water is a good solvent for ionic compounds but poor for covalent compounds.
Reason : Hydration energy of ions releases sufficient energy to overcome lattice energy and break hydrogen bonds in water while covalent compounds interact so weakly that even van der Waal’s forces between molecules of covalent compounds cannot be broken.
Reason : Hydration energy of ions releases sufficient energy to overcome lattice energy and break hydrogen bonds in water while covalent compounds interact so weakly that even van der Waal’s forces between molecules of covalent compounds cannot be broken.
- If both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- If assertion is true but reason is false.
- If assertion is false but reason is true.
Answer
(A) If both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
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