When Sodium Chloride Dissolves in Water, How Do the Water

Multiple Choice

When sodium chloride dissolves in water, how do the water molecules orient around the ions?

A) Water molecules are randomly oriented around the ions.
B) The hydrogen atoms point toward both the sodium and the chloride.
C) The oxygen atoms point toward both the sodium and the chloride.
D) Around sodium the hydrogen atoms point toward the sodium, and around chloride the oxygen atoms point toward the chloride.
E) Around sodium the oxygen atoms point toward the sodium, and around chloride the hydrogen atoms point toward the chloride.