Why are salt and sugar both able to dissolve in water, even though the
solutes have different types of chemical bonding?
• Everything can dissolve in water because water is considered
a universal solvent.
O Liquid water is cooler than solid salt and sugar, allowing them
to dissolve easily.
O Salt's ions and sugar's polar bonds are both attracted to the
polar water molecules.
O Small solutes like salt and
large water molecules.
sugar can fit in the spaces between