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Why does the word molecule have no meaning when you refer to sodium chloride?
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Is sodiam chloride a mixture?
What is 'sodiam chloride'??? If you mean 'sodium chloride' , then it is a compound. NOT a mixture. It is an ionic combination of a sodium cation (Na^+) and a chloride anion (Cl^-), forming NaCl (Sodium chloride). NB Please refer to the correct spelling of this compound.
Is chloride opaque?
Chloride of what? The word chloride can refer to a chemical compound in which one or more chlorine atoms are covalently bonded in the molecule. This means that chlorides can be either inorganic or organic compounds. The simplest example of an inorganic covalently-bonded chloride is hydrogen chloride, HCl (a colorless acid). A simple example of an organic covalently-bonded (an organochloride) chloride is chloromethane (CH3Cl), often called methyl chloride (a colorless gas). Sodium Chloride is (as a monocrystalline solid) colorless but as a powder, opaque.
How does the solubility of salt change with temperature?
As the temperature increases, the solubility of salt (sodium chloride) will increase. At 20 degrees C, the solubility of sodium chloride is 35.76g/100mL water and at 100 degrees C, the solubility is 39.1g/100mL water. Refer to the related links for more information.
How can you check or analyze the assay of Sodium tripolyphosphate?
Refer to the Food Chemicals Codex.
Is sodium a product?
It could be but more often you would refer to it as an elemental metal.
Is sodiam chloride a mixture?
What is 'sodiam chloride'??? If you mean 'sodium chloride' , then it is a compound. NOT a mixture. It is an ionic combination of a sodium cation (Na^+) and a chloride anion (Cl^-), forming NaCl (Sodium chloride). NB Please refer to the correct spelling of this compound.
What is the Lewis structure of bonding sodium and chlorine?
Refer to the related link for an illustration of the formation of sodium chloride using Lewis dot structures.
Is chloride opaque?
Chloride of what? The word chloride can refer to a chemical compound in which one or more chlorine atoms are covalently bonded in the molecule. This means that chlorides can be either inorganic or organic compounds. The simplest example of an inorganic covalently-bonded chloride is hydrogen chloride, HCl (a colorless acid). A simple example of an organic covalently-bonded (an organochloride) chloride is chloromethane (CH3Cl), often called methyl chloride (a colorless gas). Sodium Chloride is (as a monocrystalline solid) colorless but as a powder, opaque.
Why do you not refer to molecules of sodium chloride?
Because ionic compounds form networks; the expression formula unit is more correct.
What is table salt to a chemist?
Table salt is made up Sodium (Na) and Chlorine (Cl)-Sodium chloride combines to form a white crystal lattice we refer to as salt.
Do you have sodium chloride molecule?
In the crystalline state, sodium chloride consists of sodium cations (Na+) and chloride anions (Cl-) in a regular structure in which each Na+ is surrounded by six Cl- and vice versa, so that the whole thing is electrically neutral. In the crystalline state, there are no covalently bonded 'NaCl molecules'. Similarly, when salt is dissolved in water, the ionic crystalline structure breaks down and the individual ions are surrounded by water molecules.The interesting aspect to the question is what is the state of play in the gas phase. Astronomers are interested in this because, recently, sodium chloride has been detected in space above Saturn's moon Enceladus, and they refer to the presence of 'sodium chloride molecules'. Most chemists would disagree with this, preferring instead to talk about discrete 'ion pairs' ie Na+Cl- which are known to exist in the vapour phase. Talking about 'sodium chloride molecules' implies the existence of covalent bonding (ie electron sharing) between the sodium and chlorine atoms, and this is thought to be very improbable in the chemistry of these elements.
Why are the particles in a sodium chloride molecule called ions rather than atoms?
They are called ions because they have an electric charge. The sodium gives up its (valence) electron so it gains a positive electrical charge. The chlorine gains this extra electron so it gains a negative electrical charge. IONS always refer to particles WITH AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE.
What is the difference between table salt and salt?
Table salt refers to sodium chloride. While in everyday terms the term salt refers to the same thing, in chemical terms salt can refer to almost any ionic compound of which sodium chloride is just one of many.
How does the solubility of salt change with temperature?
As the temperature increases, the solubility of salt (sodium chloride) will increase. At 20 degrees C, the solubility of sodium chloride is 35.76g/100mL water and at 100 degrees C, the solubility is 39.1g/100mL water. Refer to the related links for more information.
Was salt is organic or inorganic?
Salt (Sodium Chloride, NaCl) is an inorganic compound. The classification of an organic compound is that it is a molecule that contains a carbon atom. Everything else can be considered inorganic. Some molecules that contain carbon are also inorganic such as carbon dioxide or calcium carbonate.
Ordinary table salt is composed of molecules?
Chemists use the term salt to broadly refer to any ionic compound, but what most people call salt is table salt, also known as sodium chloride (NaCl). Table salt consists of molecules, each of which has one sodium atom and one chlorine atom. Sodium without chlorine, or chlorine without sodium, bears no resemblance to salt. Only when the two are combined, do you have salt. That is why salt is composed of molecules.
Table salt a mixture?
This is a difficult question because of the terminology. Many people use "table salt" to refer to sodium chloride which is a chemical compound and therefore not a mixture. However, while most table salt is predominantly sodium chloride, it may be a mixture: containing small quantities of additives such as sodium and potassium iodides (to combat problems with the thyroid). In France, for example, table salt often contains sodium fluoride to combat dental caries.
