Question

What kind of chemical compound do salt and water form?

Answer 1

They form aquated ions with water molecules.

Explanation:

`NaCl(s) + "excess "H_2OrightleftharpoonsNa^+(aq) + Cl^(-)(aq)`

The sodium and chloride ions are so-called aquated ions, coordination complexes if you like, where the coordinating ligand is the water molecule.

For `Na^+(aq)`, we could probably represent this as `[Na(OH_2)_6]^+`. And likewise for the chloride counterion.