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Question #ca019

Answer 1

It undergoes heterolytic fission whereby the Cl atom gains both the shared electrons.

Explanation:

In aqueous medium, `HCl` dissociates to form `H^+` and `Cl^-` ions. This happens when the covalent H-Cl bond breaks.

Reaction of `HCl` with `NaOH` will give `Na^+ + Cl^(-) + H_2O`.

Answer 2

Well, it breaks..............

Explanation:

We would describe the bond in hydrogen chloride as polar covalent, i.e. `""^(+delta)H-Cl^(delta-)`. Now hydrogen chloride is a room temperature gas, but the gas is VERY soluble in water to give hydrochloric acid, in which ionization is conceived to have occurred:

`H-Cl(g) + H_2O(l) rarr H_3O^(+) + Cl^-`

And we could represent the reaction of hydrogen chloride with sodium hydroxide as:

`HCl(aq) + NaOH(aq) rarr NaCl(aq) + H_2O(l)`

In aqueous solution, the `(aq)` represents the aquated ion, i.e. `Na^(+)(aq) -=[Na(OH_2)_6]^+`.