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Which of the following reasons explains why if salt water is heated, the water turns into steam while the salt remains?

Water and salt have an equal boiling point.
Water has a lower boiling point than salt.
Salt has a lower boiling point than water.
Salt and water have an equal melting point.

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The answer seems to be C

If the salt water is heated, the water turns into steam and the salt remains because the water has a lower boiling point than the salt.

The  following points can be considered:

  1. The boiling point is defined as the temperature at which the substance turns into the gaseous state from the liquid state.
  2. The boiling point of water is [tex]100^{o} C[/tex].
  3. The salt is a substance comprising two entities separated by the opposite charges with ionic interactions.
  4. The boiling point of a salt is higher than the boiling point of the water.

The process involved when salt water is heated:

  • The salt water mixture when heated, the water turns into steam at [tex]100^{o} C[/tex]
  • But the salt remains until it reaches its boiling temperature.
  • If the salt is soluble in water and is then heated, then there occurs an elevation in the boiling point of the substance, due to the presence of the salt.

Therefore, the answer is water has a lower boiling point than salt.

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