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Elements and Compounds
Is chlorine and sodium chloride an element or a compound?
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Wiki User
June 14, 2009 4:05AM
chlorine is an element #17
sodium chloride is a combination of two different elements #11 and #17
simple as i could explain it
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A compound, by definition is made up of more than one element.
Sodium chloride (NaCl) is vastly different from both elemental
sodium (which is a metal which dissolves when exposed to water) and
chlorine (which is a gas that can kill you if you inhale enough of
it).
When you react both Sodium and Chlorine however.