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Watch this short video: http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/167/171787/DissolutionofNaClinWater.html Being polar, water molecules tend to cluster around the sodium & chlorine atoms. Interactions of Na and Cl with water molecules overcome their mutual interactions within the crystal lattice. Hence solubility.
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