Question

nacl is common table salt and is an ionic compound. table salt can be stirred into water to create a salt-water solution. what happens to the solubility of sodium chlorate, naclo₃, as the temperature of the water rises? a it increases b it decreases c it stays the same d sodium increases increases and chlorate decreases

Explanation:

The solubility curve for \( \text{NaClO}_3 \) (implied by the graph's trend for the curve other than \( \text{NaCl} \)) shows that as temperature (x - axis) rises, solubility (y - axis) increases. Ionic compounds like \( \text{NaClO}_3 \) generally have increasing solubility with temperature for most cases, and the graph's upward - sloping curve for the relevant compound confirms this.

Answer:

A. it increases