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If sodium and chlorine are dangerous as a element how are you able to eat salt?
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∙ 14y ago
Because When you mix them together and add other ingredients it is not harmful. Think of it as a raw steak, you cant eat that. but when you cook it you can.
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Which element is able to displace chlorine from a solution of sodium chloride?
This element is fluorine.
Why are we able to eat sodium and chlorine is a compound?
Because the compound is harmless.
What happens when you mix two chemicals?
yes it will be dangerous. for example and don't try this. my lessons chemistry teacher was telling us what will happen if you take potassium and throw it in water. the reaction is dangerous. also too, if you heat common table salt, until it is molten. then run a current through it, you'll get sodium metal forming and chlorine gas. the chlorine gas will kill you, so don't try it. but just to show you the dangerous effect of chemicals. this is not totally correct. Sodium is dangerous, as is chlorine, but combined they make common salt.
Does chlorine fiow?
Chlorine itself is a gas , not a liquid so it cannot flow. Although after making a compound with another element, it may be able to flow but not in its original state.
What would you have to do to make sodium chloride conduct electricity?
The common way would be to dissolve it in water. As a solid, the ions of sodium and chlorine are not free to move. In solution they are, and are able to support an electron flow.
Table salt is made from sodium and chlorine which are poisonous Still you eat table salt without gettin poisonedExplain why?
We are able to eat table salt without getting poisoned because, when sodium and chlorine are mixed they form table salt, table salt is an compound & an compound has totally different properties than its constituents ,so the poisonous properties are changed n we are able to eat the table salt without getting poisoned....
What are examples of electrolytes?
Any substance which on adding in water undergoes dissociation is called an electrolyte.Example:- All acids and bases are electrolytes.Aquous solution of NaCl (Sodium Chlorine).any substance that is able to produce ions in water can be electrolytes.Examples include Sodium chloride, Potassium Nitrate, etc.salts, acetic acid, ammonium...etcElectrolyte examples:sodiumpotassium
How many atoms are there in common salt?
Each molecule of table salt, sodium chloride (NaCl), contains two ions--one each of sodium (Na+) and clorine (Cl-). There are about 10000000000000000 (10 quadrillion) atoms in each grain of salt.
Is making sodium chloride reversible?
In a manner of speaking, yes, you can separate Sodium Chloride into Sodium and Chlorine. The dangers are that pure Sodium is extremely reactive, so much so that it may explode; and pure Chlorine gas is deadly to breathe. The easiest way to separate the two is by electrolysis. If you fill a container with regular water, then run an electrical current through the water, you will separate the water into Hydrogen and Oxygen. Use a 12 volt battery, attach wires to each terminal on the battery, and put the bare ends of each wire into the water. Do not touch the wires together, but leave some distance between them in the water. Hydrogen will start to bubble off the negative wire; and Oxygen will bubble off the positive wire. If you use seawater instead of regular water, and do the same thing, then Hydrogen will still bubble off the negative wire; but now Chlorine will bubble off the positive wire. Do not breathe the Chlorine -- it is amazingly dangerous! In fact if you do this experiment, do it outdoors where you have very very good ventilation! However, this process will not produce Sodium. It is too very reactive, and will immediately combine with the water to make Sodium Hydroxide. Sodium Hydroxide then dissolves into the water. This occurs so fast, you will not be able to observe it happening. But at least, you will partially see Sodium Chloride "reversed". For more information about electrolysis, see the Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water
What is a compound salad dressing table salt sucrose baking soda?
A compound is something which contains two or more different types of atoms, joined together. Table salt is sodium chloride - sodium and chlorine joined. Sucrose is a sugar, made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Baking soda is sodium hydrogen carbonate - sodium, hydrogen, carbon and oxygen. Salad dressing - go and read the label. Now you should be able to answer your own question.
What can chlorine do?
Chlorine can make your pools be better because if you put chlorine in a pool it will make any diseases that people have not be able to be passed aroundin the water. Or if you look on your bleach bottle you will see it contains chlorine in it. But never mix bleach with vinegar because it will mix chlorine gas
What does chlorine smell of?
Chlorine smells very similar to bleach. Swimming pools are normally disinfected with chlorine and you may be able to smell it at one. Most people would tell you that at swimming pools it is the Chlorine you can smell, but actually it's the Chlorine reacting with substances in the water i.e. Urine
