An atom
The smallest unit of salt that is still salt is a molecule. Salt is typically composed of one sodium ion (Na+) and one chloride ion (Cl-), which together form a neutral molecule of sodium chloride (NaCl). Each molecule of NaCl contains one atom of sodium and one atom of chlorine.
A sodium (Na) atom is neither an ion nor a molecule. It is a single, neutral atom with 11 protons in its nucleus and 11 electrons orbiting around it. An ion is when an atom gains or loses electrons to become charged, and a molecule is a combination of atoms bonded together.
Sodium oxide is made up of three atoms: two sodium atoms and one oxygen atom.
It makes a sodium fluoride or NaF molecule.
NaCl is a molecule, not an atom. It is composed of two different elements, sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl), bonded together through ionic bonding to form a compound called sodium chloride.
Sodium Chloride is a molecule. A molecule contains 2 or more atoms. Each molecule of Sodium Chloride contains 1 sodium atom and 1 chloride atom.
One atom of sodium and one atom of fluorine.
The smallest unit of salt that is still salt is a molecule. Salt is typically composed of one sodium ion (Na+) and one chloride ion (Cl-), which together form a neutral molecule of sodium chloride (NaCl). Each molecule of NaCl contains one atom of sodium and one atom of chlorine.
A sodium (Na) atom is neither an ion nor a molecule. It is a single, neutral atom with 11 protons in its nucleus and 11 electrons orbiting around it. An ion is when an atom gains or loses electrons to become charged, and a molecule is a combination of atoms bonded together.
One molecule of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) contains one sodium atom, one hydrogen atom, one carbon atom, and three oxygen atoms.... this is a total of 6 atoms per sodium bicarbonate molecule.
The more adequate term is "formula unit".
Sodium oxide is made up of three atoms: two sodium atoms and one oxygen atom.
It makes a sodium fluoride or NaF molecule.
NaCl is a molecule, not an atom. It is composed of two different elements, sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl), bonded together through ionic bonding to form a compound called sodium chloride.
A "molecule" of sodium chloride, common salt. (Because this is an ionically bonded compound, its molecule is a formal concept only, rather than a unit that can be isolated.).
Halite is sodium chloride, NaCl; NaCl has in the molecule two atoms: 1 Na atom and 1 chlorine atom.
A salt molecule has one sodium atom and one chlorine atom, NaCl.