Really Late Sticky Situation Lab

Yeah this was due last Friday. I swear I will smack my forehead with some form of heavy book later. Right now I need all my brain cells to do this blog. So, without further ado, A Sticky Situation, The Blog.

• Review the definition and process of solubility and solvation

• What are intermolecular forces?

• What role do these forces play in solvation? 

• Why is the phrase "like dissolves like" employed to explain differences in solubility?

Solubility: Basically how easily something breaks down and is absorbed into another substance.
Solvation: The ionic attraction of molecules (while in a solvent) to other molecules.
Intermolecular forces are the forces of attraction and repulsion betwixt molecules, as indicated by the "inter-" in the name. 
IMFs affect solvation because they decide the strength between molecules, similar to how they affect the boiling point of various chemicals.
"Like dissolves like" is used to explain differences in solubility because, to be brief, solutions will dissolve solutions with similar structures.