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You Are Interested in Determining the Solubility of Ionic Compounds

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You are interested in determining the solubility of ionic compounds in solvents other than water, and you decide to try liquid ammonia, NH3.Which statement below regarding your experiment is probably true?


A) The hydrogen ions in ammonia have partial negative charges and can stabilize Na- in solution.
B) The molecular dipole moment is too small to effectively interact with ions.
C) The hydrogen atoms in ammonia would orient toward both ions equally.
D) The lone pair of electrons on nitrogen in ammonia can act in a way similar to the lone pairs on oxygen in water.
E) Ion-dipole interactions exist only in water.

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