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A chemical difference is that sodium reacts with water to make an alkali, and chlorine plus water give acids. A physical difference is that sodium is a solid at room temperature and chlorine is a gas.
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Why do sodium and chlorine bond in the ionic way?
The difference in electronegativity between sodium and chlorine is the reason.
Is salt an element in chlorine?
No. It's the other way around: chlorine is one of two elements in salt. The other element is sodium.
Is it true NaCl is an atom of sodium and an atom of chlorine that have combined by sodium capturing one electron from chlorine?
No. It's the other way around where sodium loses an electron and chorine obtains one. However, you're right that it's an ionic bond, not a covalent bond.
What is the difference between chlorine and sodium chlorine?
Sodium chloride is the chemical way of writing it whereas chlorine sodium is simply listing the names of the atoms in the combination. When you name a compound, you name the anion followed by the cation. In this case Sodium (Na) is the anion and Chlorine (Cl) is the cation. So when you combine the two atoms you get Na+Cl->NaCl or Sodium Chloride.
What is the experiment of the electrolysis of brine?
I think it has something to do with the way chlorine,sodium hydroxide and hydrogen are formed.but i don"t know how to design the experiment I think it has something to do with the way chlorine,sodium hydroxide and hydrogen are formed.but i don"t know how to design the experiment I think it has something to do with the way chlorine,sodium hydroxide and hydrogen are formed.but i don"t know how to design the experiment I think it has something to do with the way chlorine,sodium hydroxide and hydrogen are formed.but i don"t know how to design the experiment
What is formed between sodium and chloride?
Sodium Chloride (NaCl) or table saltand by the way the elements name is chlorine not chloride.
What happens to the particles when salt dissolves?
Salt is made up of a huge bunch of sodium atoms and chlorine atoms bonded to each other in such a way that for ever one sodium atom there is one chlorine atom. When salt is put in water the bonds between all the sodium and chlorine atoms are broken and the sodium atoms and chlorine atoms separate from each other. They are so small that the solution is now transparent, light can travel through it, and the atoms are too small to be seen by the naked eye. But if you then allow the water to evaporate away, gradually the bonds reform between the sodium and chlorine atoms and salt crystals are formed again.
How sodium chloride is prepared?
One way is two react sodium metal with chlorine gas 2Na(s) + Cl2 ---> 2NaCl However this would be a useless reaction as salt one of the most abundant compounds on Earth
Is chlorine extracted from electrolysis?
Yes, it is a primary way to extract chlorine gas.The most common means is to use electrolysis in a tank containing a solution of potassium chloride (KCl) or sodium chloride (NaCl, better known as table salt). The end result is potassium/sodium hydroxide in the solution--either one a very useful strong base, hydrogen gas, and chlorine gas.
Is combination between sodium and chlorine to produce sodium chloride a chemical reaction?
Yes, it is a very dangerous, vigorous and explosive CHEMICAL reaction. This is not the way to produce NaCl.
Can chlorine bleach fumes explode?
Answer#1No. Chlorine (though deadly) is non-flammable. Pure chlorine can, however react explosively with certain metals. Much the same way metallic sodium reacts with water. BOOM!
What is the difference between the way carbon forms the crystal called diamond and sodium and chlorine form solid sodium chloride?
In sodium chloride the bond between chlorine and sodium is ionic; sodium chloride form large lattices. The crystalline structure is face-centered cubic.Diamond has also a similar (not identical) crystalline structure face-centered cubic. But the bonds between carbon atoms are covalent !
