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How do the properties of salt compare with the properties of sodium and chlorine?
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Salt is a common condiment, while sodium burns on contact with water and chlorine gas is poisonous.
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Sodium chloride is made up of sodium and chlorine but isn't a poisonous gas and it doesn't explode in waterExplain why?
When these substances are chemically combined to form table salt, it has its own properties. It did not keep the sodium or chlorine's properties.
How do the properties of sodium chloride compare with the properties of sodium and of chlorine?
Sodium chloride is a nonreactive solid at room temperature, and is commonly known as table salt. The two elements that make up sodium chloride are sodium and chlorine. Sodium is a very reactive metal that tastes bad. Pure sodium is explosive when it comes in contact with water. Chlorine is a nonreactive gas that is poisonous, and will kill you if you breathe enough of it. Sodium chloride retains neither the properties of sodium nor the properties of chlorine. This is because compounds (such as sodium chloride) have their own characteristics, and not the characteristics of its component elements.
How do elements sodium and chlorine differ from the table salt form?
sodium is not eatible nor is chlorine. Chlorine is a chemical and when mixed with the sodium it forms a new eatible compound and this is salt or table salt.
Table salt is made from sodium and chlorine which are poisonous still you eat table salt without getting poisoned?
Table salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine. The properties of a compound are entirely different from those of its constituents. A compound cannot be separated into its constituents by physical processes. Hence, when sodium and chlorine chemically combine in a fixed proportion by mass, sodium chloride is formed which do not cause any harm.
How are sodium and chlorine ions different from salt molecules?
A sodium ion is a sodium atom missing one electron. A chlorine ion is a chlorine atom with an extra electron. A salt molecule is a sodium ion stuck to a chlorine ion.
In a chemical reaction how do the chemical properties of the products compare with the properties of the reactants?
the product's properties usually and may differ from the properties of the reactants. Example-salt-sodium, a soft explosive metal and chlorine, a toxic gas. make salt.
In chemical reaction how do the chemical properties of the products compare with the chemical properties of the reactants?
the product's properties usually and may differ from the properties of the reactants. Example-salt-sodium, a soft explosive metal and chlorine, a toxic gas. make salt.
What are the properties of the elements sodium and chlorine and the compound they form?
Sodium and chlorine combine to form sodium chloride (common salt). Please see the links for information about the properties of these substances.
What element gives salts their properties?
Salt is sodium chloride (NaCl) - containing sodium and chlorine.
Sodium chloride is made up of sodium and chlorine but isn't a poisonous gas and it doesn't explode in waterExplain why?
When these substances are chemically combined to form table salt, it has its own properties. It did not keep the sodium or chlorine's properties.
Would sodium and chlorine maintain their individual properties when they combine to form salt?
No. A compound does not retain the properties of its component elements.
How do the properties of sodium chloride compare with the properties of sodium and of chlorine?
Sodium chloride is a nonreactive solid at room temperature, and is commonly known as table salt. The two elements that make up sodium chloride are sodium and chlorine. Sodium is a very reactive metal that tastes bad. Pure sodium is explosive when it comes in contact with water. Chlorine is a nonreactive gas that is poisonous, and will kill you if you breathe enough of it. Sodium chloride retains neither the properties of sodium nor the properties of chlorine. This is because compounds (such as sodium chloride) have their own characteristics, and not the characteristics of its component elements.
What are all the properties of salt?
There are two elements. Those are sodium and chlorine.
Which two elements will react to form a salt with properties most similar to sodium chloride?
potassium and chlorine
Are the properties of salt different from the properties that make it?
I think you mean are the properties of salt different from the elements that it is made up from. Sodium chloride is common salt that we put on our food. It has formula of NaCl amd is made up of the elemnts sodium and chlorine. Sodium is a highly rective metal that rects violently with water. Chlorine is poisonous gas at room temperature. So yes. This is a feature of compunds they often have very different properties from their constituent elements.
What happens to the properties of sodium and chlorine when they react to form common table salt Nacl?
The properties of sodium and chlorine change when the form NaCl. Both elements by themselves would kill you; sodium is highly reactive to water, and chlorine is a deadly gas. But when they combine, they form a compound that is necessary for human life.
What is the percent composition of chlorine in salt?
By atoms it is 50% sodium and 50% chlorine. By mass (sodium is 23.0, chlorine is 35.5, salt is 58.5) is 39.3% sodium and 60.7% chlorine.
