What Characteristic of Water Helps It Cause a Mineral, Such

question 45

Multiple Choice

What characteristic of water helps it cause a mineral, such as halite, to dissolve?

• A) the small size of the hydrogen atoms
• B) the polar nature of the water molecule
• C) the electronegativity of hydrogen
• D) the electronegativity of oxygen
• E) all of these

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