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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Dissociation?

Definition 31.1 School Chemistry — Grades 1 to 12 · Chapter 31 — Dissolving Ionic and Molecular Solids

The dissociation of an ionic solid in a solvent is the separation of its ions from one another: they leave the crystal and move apart in the solution.

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