If NaCl dissociates in water, why doesn’t the sodium react with the water?

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If NaCl dissociates in water, why doesn’t the sodium react with the water?

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In order to react, the sodium ion (Na+) would need to break apart the water molecule but the bond between the oxygen and hydrogen in water is stronger than the “pull” of Na+

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