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Why is NaCl not called ClNa?

Updated: 10/6/2023
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This is a conventional system, the most used today; but for data bases is used the old Hill system where the formula is writed ClNa.

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Sodium and chlorine are both monovalent.
But compounds as NaCl3 and Na3Cl are known and the future may provides new surprises.

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