When salts dissolve in H2O, my understanding is that the electrovalent bond is b

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When salts dissolve in H2O, my understanding is that the electrovalent bond is broken, since the H2O molecules are strongly attracted to the positive and negative ions of the salt. But when seawater is analyzed for ion content, there is almost an exact complement of negative to positive ions present in the samples - except in some limited regions where external forces may come into play.

Is a magnetic attraction the only force that maintains the relative balance of negative to positive ions in solution? Or is it some weaker electrovalent bond? Or is it just some random occurrence?

Explanation / Answer

This problem is really much simpler than the way you are thinking about it. If there were many more positive ions, then the solution would very strongly attract negative ions and vice versa. So it

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