Solvation

Solvation is like making friends with chemicals. Just like how you make friends with new people by talking, playing, and sharing with them, chemicals need to become friends with each other too. They become friends by hanging out and interacting, and this process is called solvation.

When chemicals interact, they attract each other, and they can create different bonds with each other. Imagine two magnets sticking together because they attract each other. It's just like that! So when a chemical is dissolved in another chemical, like salt in water, the salt molecules and water molecules attract each other and become friends.

The salt molecule has a positive and negative charge that holds it together, but when it dissolves, it becomes separate ions in the water. The water molecules surround each ion and interact with it, which creates new bonds between them, forming a solution.

This solvation process is essential in many chemical reactions because it allows chemicals to interact more easily with each other, which can create new substances. Just like how making friends can help you learn new things and have fun, solvation helps chemicals do the same.