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Answer 1

about five seconds with google will get you
NaCl + H2O = NaOH + HCl
But if you've ever dissolved salt in water, you might not get this reaction!

First of all this equation is wrong. IF NaCl could hydrolyze water the equation would have been :

NaCl + H2O → NaOH + HCl

But since NaCl can't hydrolyze water therefore no such reaction takes place.

Now the question arises: why can't it hydrolyze water?

To answer this we first need to know the meaning of hydrolysis. It is breaking of water into H+ and OH-.

Now when NaCl comes in contact of water it breaks into ions i.e Na+ and Cl-. Since the compound broke into its components, how can it break water? And since there are no free ions of H+ and OH- therefore the above reaction does not take place. Instead NaCl is hydrated when it is mixed with water. It produces saltwater.

Answer 2

oobleck moves to the head of the class. A great answer. A great response. The bottom line is that neither Na^+ nor Cl^- are strong enough to break the H-O-H bond to make NaOH and/or HCl. NaCl + H2O ==> no reaction.