Why does the temperature of solution change marginally upon addition of sodium chloride to water?
1 Answer
Feb 15, 2016
Because the dissolution of sodium chloride is ONLY slightly endothermic.
Explanation:
This reaction is very slightly endothermic. The energy required to breakup the ionic lattice is ALMOST balanced by the formation of ion-dipole bonds between the ion and the solvent water molecules. For other salts, for instance sodium hydroxide, or ammonium chloride, dissolution in water is strongly exothermic (