Answer: -
Water can dissolve other substances. Which factor best contributes to this property of water?
d. Water particles are not fixed in place.
Explanation: -
When a substance like say common salt sodium chloride NaCl is dissolved in water, the water molecules surround the Na⁺ and Cl⁻ which result from dissolving of NaCl in water.
The water molecules by surrounding the Na⁺ and Cl⁻ help in dissolving NaCl.
Thus in order to surround them,the water molecules should not be fixed in their place and be free to move about.
Water can dissolve other substances, because water has weak intermolecular forces.
In the water molecule weak hydrogen bond is present, due to the presence of the more electronegative oxygen atom and hydrogen atom.
Hydrogen bond is the weaker bond as compared to the ionic bond and covalent bond, so whenever any substance will dissolve in water then this internal force of water breaks and try to dissolve the foreign substance by surrounding their ions completely. So, the place of water particles are not fixed in the solution.
Hence, option (d) is correct.
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