What is the two step process of dissolving?
Some might even consider it a three step process. The process of dissolving requires two things to happen. First the intermolecular forces between solute molecules and the forces between solvent molecules must be broken. This is endothermic because energy must be inputed into the system in order for the bonds to break Note this isn’t between solute and solvent. This is between solute molecules and between solvents. For example you have water and you have some polar compound. The polar compound has intermolecular forces among itself and water has hydrogen bonding In order for hydration to occur (hydration is another word for solvation when dealing with water). then water’s H bonds must be separated and the polar compounds must be separated. The second step would be for formation of solute-solvent intermolecular bonds. Forming bonds always releases energy this would be an exothermic process.
