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Chlorine is diatomic but Sodium is not.

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What are the similarities between electronic structure of sodium and fluorine?

There is no particular similarity between the electronic structure of the elements sodium and fluorine. Their electronic structures are similar only to the extent that all elements have certain features in common. The electrons form shells around the nucleus. This is true of sodium and fluorine as well as all other elements.


How are oxidation numbers decided?

The number of electrons needed to be lost/gained to gain a stable electronic structure. For example, Sodium needs to lose just 1 electron to make its electronic structure stable, so the ion it forms is Na+ .


What is the difference between NaCl and Na2SO4?

NaCl is sodium chloride and Na2SO4 is sodium sulfate; chemicals with different composition or structure have different chemical and physical properties.


What is the electronic structure of group 1 elements?

Group 1 elements have one electron in their outermost energy level, giving them an electronic configuration of ns1, where n represents the energy level. For example, lithium has an electronic structure of 1s2 2s1, sodium has an electronic structure of 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s1, and potassium has an electronic structure of 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1.


Sodium chloride and caesium chloride have different structure?

because they both have different radius ratio so they have different structure. radius ratio=radius of cations/ radius of anions


What is the sodium's structure?

The crystalline structure of sodium is body-centered cubic.


Is sodium hydroxide a homo or hetero?

Sodium hydroxide is a chemical compound.


What is the same about electronic structure of lithium and sodium?

Both lithium and sodium belong to group 1 of the periodic table, so they both have one valence electron. This electron configuration makes them highly reactive, as they tend to lose this electron to achieve a stable electronic configuration.


How are nonliving crystals of sodium chloride and magnesium sulfate different?

Salt (sodium chloride) is NaCl. Magnesium sulfate is MgSO4.7H2O. Salt has face-centered cubic structure. MgSO4.7H2O (as epsomite) has an orthorombic structure.


Why does salt have different structures?

The crystalline structure of sodium chloride is only face-centered cubic.


Sodium gives chlorine a needed electron what is chlorines change after accepting the electron?

Chlorine gains one electron from sodium, leading to the formation of a chloride ion. The chloride ion carries a charge of -1 due to the gained electron.


What type of crystal structure does sodium has?

Sodium has a body-centered cubic crystal structure. Each sodium atom is located at the center of a cube and the surrounding lattice points.