Respuesta :
Answer: the statement presented by the question ("the lattice structure of sodium chloride does not dissolve in water") is false.
Explanation:
The question requires us to determine if the following statement is true or false: "the lattice structure of sodium chloride does not dissolve in water".
Sodium chloride (NaCl) is an ionic compound, which means that the atoms of sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) are attatched together through electrostatic interaction between their respective ions (Na+ and Cl-).
Since water is a polar molecule, the positive parts of water molecule are able to interact with the anions from an ionic compound (such as Cl- in NaCl), while the negative parts of water molecule are able to interact with the cations from an ionic compound (such as Na+ in NaCl). This way, water as a solvent is capable of dissolving NaCl - because of the interaction between the polar molecule and the ions in the ionic compound.
Therefore, we can say that the lattice structure of sodium chloride does dissolve in water, and the statement presented by the question ("the lattice structure of sodium chloride does not dissolve in water") is false.
