Question

Ammonia and methane are both covalent molecular substances but have very different solubilities in water. explain y is this?

Answer 1

solubilities of any compounds depends on what factor ? do you know ?

Answer 2

temperature, types of solute and solvent

Answer 3

think about the difference in the three-dimensional molecular structure of methane and ammonia.

Answer 4

yaaa more than that anything else ? i want interns of bonding ?
do you know like dissolves like and
mean polar compound dissolve in polar solvent :) now can u check out of which one is polar and which is not ?

Answer 5

i don't get it

Answer 6

u know dipole moment ?

Answer 7

yh

Answer 8

can u draw structure of methane and ammonia

Answer 9

this dipole moment creates polarity in a molecule :)
higher the dipole moment higher the polarity:)
so its rule that :) polar compound dissolves in polar solvents:)
mean compound with higher dipole moment dissolves in compound of higher dipole moment