Question

Noble gases are strongly soluble in water, owing to:

• A. dipole - dipole interactions
• B. dipole - induced dipole interactions
• C. hydrogen bonding
• D. induced dipole - instantaneous dipole interactions

Answer 1

The correct option is B dipole - induced dipole interactions

Water is a permanent dipole and it induces a dipole in the neighbouring atoms of noble gases, due to which noble gases are sparingly soluble in water.