Question

Select the most appropriate explanation of the followingobservation on solubility: "Hydrogen chloride, HCl, is very solublein water."


Water is a polar solvent, and it promotes the ionization of manypolar molecules.

Opposites attract, that is, polar solutes dissolve in non-polarsolvents and vice-versa.

Water promotes the dissociation of many ionic solids.

Gases that interact only slightly with solvents dissolvefreely.

Relatively light molecules are generally more soluble in water thanheavier molecules.