Water forms a hydration sphere by breaking ionic bonds, with its partial positive and negative charges surrounding an ion to prevent reassociation.
ionic bonds are broken as the partial positives and negatives surround the ion in a sphere which prevents the ions from reassociating
| Front | How does water form a hydration sphere? |
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| Back | ionic bonds are broken as the partial positives and negatives surround the ion in a sphere which prevents the ions from reassociating |
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