When salt is added to water, all of the following happen except

A. the salt breaks into positive chlorine ions and negative sodium ions.
B. the water molecules surround the dissociated ions.
C. the negative part of the water molecule is attracted to the positive ions.
D. the positive part of the water molecule is attracted to the negative ions

Question

When salt is added to water, all of the following happen except 
    
   A. the salt breaks into positive chlorine ions and negative sodium ions.
   B. the water molecules surround the dissociated ions.
   C. the negative part of the water molecule is attracted to the positive ions.
   D. the positive part of the water molecule is attracted to the negative ions

zale101 · Answer

Any ideas of what the answer is and please explain why?

sweetburger · Answer

@cheetosticks focus in on the oxidization states of both Na and Cl(assuming were using NaCl.)

kittiwitti1 · Answer

what @\sweetburger said...
also, consider the products of these reactants in equation:$$\large{NaCl(s)+H_{2}O(l)\rightarrow}$$

kittiwitti1 · Answer

consider the ionic charges of each separate atom when they undergo the reaction, and which atoms will bind to different atoms than what they started off with.

example, $NaCl$, common table salt, is made of the ions $Na^{+}$ and $Cl^{-}$