Hydration

Definition

Hydration refers specifically to the process where water molecules surround and interact with ions or other polar substances due its polarity, leading them to dissolve effectively in water.

Related terms

Polarity:

The property of having poles or being polar, which in chemistry means having uneven distribution of electron density.

Hydrogen Bonding: A type of attractive intermolecular force that exists between two partial electric charges of opposite polarity.

Aqueous Solution:

A solution in which the solvent is water.