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why do water breaks the bond of ionic bond?

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The ionic compounds have positive and negative charge ions and water is highly polar solvent The dielectric constant of water is 81 which is the highest for any solvent. Thus water molecules can easily break the bonds between the ions in ionic compound and dissolve them.


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