Why are some things soluble and others are not?

why are somethings soluble why others arnts and what are somthings that can be soluble in water

Answer #1

Polar means water has a positive and negative charge on each end, like the two sides of a magnet. It likewise dissolves other polar and charged things, like magnets pulling on eachother. For example salt has positively charged sodium and negatively charged chloride, so it dissolves in water. Oil and oil soluble things are not polar - no charges - so water has practically no effect on them.

Answer #2

wow! I’m a nurse and I don’t need to know chemistry to that degree lol…nor would I need to however..I know what is, what isn’t why it can be and why it can’t be lol…

Answer #3

hydrocarbons are non-polar molecules and water is a polar molecule. The rule of thumb is “like dissolves like.” Therefore polar things are soluble in other polar things, and non-polar things are soluble in other non-polar things, but not the other way.

Answer #4

just I help you if you dont get so okkk

Answer #6

do you know that polar or non polar

Answer #7

um a little more simpler please

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