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What is wrong with the expression a molecule of sodium of sodium chloride?
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∙ 10y ago
Modern chemical terminology doesn't use the phrase molecule in connection with sodium chloride because it is an ionic compound. Atoms can be bound by ionic, covalent or metallic bonds. Only those bound by covalent bonds form molecules. An example is water. Two hydrogen atoms are bound by covalent bonds to an oxygen atom to form a water molecule, H2O. Water consists of enormous numbers of these tiny, separate particles. Sodium and chlorine bond by the transfer of electrons from the sodium atoms to the chlorine atoms. This results in positive sodium ions and negative chloride ions which form a three dimensional lattice of alternating ions. There is no individual 'NaCl' in this giant structure.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe correct expression for NaCl is formula unit; sodium chloride form large lattices which are not molecules.
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2 Why is it wrong to leave a bottle of anhydrous sodium sulphate or calcium chloride open?
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