Because it doesn't look like a metal, and it doesn't look like a metal because it isn't a metal it is a condiment which happens to be a sodium salt.
This metal is sodium (Na).
Sodium chloride contains the metal sodium and the non metal chlorine.
It is a non metal. It is an ionic compound.
sodium chloride (NaCl), it is the combination of a metal and a non-metal
Sodium and Chlorine. Sodium is a metal and chlorine is a halide gas.
Yes.
Because sodium is a metal and chlorine is a non metal, it is ionically bonded.
sea salt which is based on the metal sodium.
Sodium is a metal having free electrons; solid sodium chloride is not an electrolyte.
Na+ - sodium
They are named from the acids: sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, sodium sulfate, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, sodium oxalate, sodium fluoride etc.
No, sodium chloride is classified as a salt. It is a compound fo sodium, a metal, and chlorine, a nonmetal.