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Osmolarity, water dissociation?

Just reading about NaCl disociating into water, giving osmolarity of 2.

Doesnt water disocciate in water? Doesnt water have an osmolarity? Surely some H2O would contain H+ and O2-???

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  • Dr.A
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    The auto ionization of the water can be neglected because [H+]= [OH-]= 10^-7 M

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