Why do polar solvents dissolve ionic solids

Explanation:

Solvation is the name of the process by which the solvent molecules attract, surround, and finally dissolve the solute particles (molecules  or ions).

There is a golden rule in chemistry for the solvation processes: "like dissolves like", meaning that polar solvents dissolve polar or ionic solutes.

Polar solvents dissolve ionic solids because the forces of attraction between the polar molecules and the ions are stronger than the forces of attraction that keep the ions (cations and anions) together in the ionic compound.

Only when that happens, the ions of the ionic solid may get separated from each other, mix with the solvent molecules, and, then, get dissolved, forming the solution.

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