21 Chemistry -- Chemical Bonding and Shapes of Molecules

 The ionic bond between Na+ and Cl- resulting ionic molecule NaCl is stable. Why?

 The ionic bond between Na+ and Cl- resulting ionic molecule NaCl is stable. Why?

NaCl is ionic compounds so it is soluble in polar solvent. Water is a polar solvents, therefore, it can rupture the ionic bond between positive (Na+) and negative ( Cl- ) ions of the NaCl as a result of ion- dipole interaction. In other words, the ions of the NaCl gets hydrated.

The attractive force which binds oppositely charged ions acts equally in all directions in case of the ionic compounds. Therefore, ionic compounds are non- directional in nature. 

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