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Sodium is in group one, chlorine in group 7. This means that a Sodium ion has a charge of +1, and a Chlorine ion has a charge of -1.

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Whats is the chemical formula of sodium chloride?

These are the ions and their charges: Na+1 Cl-1The charges have to add up to zero, so one +1 sodium ion cancels out one -1 chlorine ion. Therefore, the chemical formula of sodium chloride is NaCl.


What type of bond holds together the elements sodium and chlorine?

Ionic bond. Sodium and chlorine combine to form sodium chloride (salt) through the transfer of electrons, resulting in the attraction between the positively charged sodium ion and the negatively charged chloride ion.


Two chlorine ions are negatively charged will they combine to make a molecule?

No, atoms of like charge do not combine to form molecules. Stable molecules are formed when oppositely charged atoms combine. For example, a chloride ion might combine with a positive ion such as sodium to form a compound, but never another chloride ion (because like charges repel).


What is the result of a sodium atom transferring an electron to a chloride atom?

The sodium atom will lose an electron and become a positively charged sodium ion, while the chloride atom will gain that electron and become a negatively charged chloride ion. These ions will be attracted to each other due to their opposite charges, forming an ionic bond to create sodium chloride, or table salt.


What is larger radius a sodium ion or chloride ion?

A chloride ion has a larger radius than a sodium ion, because the chloride has an additional complete valence shell of electrons compared to a sodium ion, but a sodium atom has lost the only electron in this valence shell that the sodium atom ever included to form a sodium ion.

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What happens when a sodium ion is attracted to a chloride ion?

When a sodium ion is attracted to a chloride ion, they form an ionic bond due to their opposite charges. The positive sodium ion is attracted to the negative chloride ion, leading to the formation of solid sodium chloride, which is commonly known as table salt.


How does a sodium atom combine with a chlorine atom?

The sodium atom loses its valence electron to the chlorine atom forming a positive sodium ion and a negative chloride ion. The two are attracted to each other because of their opposite charges.


How many chloride ions combine with a single sodium ion?

It is a lattice. There are 6 cl- ions around a sodium ion.


Why Na ion and OH- ion not combine in electrolysis of aqueous NaCl?

They actually do combine during electrolysis of aqueous Sodium Chloride


What is the charge of a sodium chloride ion?

No such thing as 'sodium chloride ion'. Sodium chloride is neutrally charged ionic salt. It is compsed of ions. The CATION is the sodium ion (Na^(+)). The ANION is the chloride ion (Cl^(-)). Because these charges are opposite, they are attracted to each other, like the N & S poles of a magnet. Because the charges are equal in value , one each, it makes sodium chloride a neutrally charged ionic compound. Here is the balanced equ'n. Na^(+) + Cl^(-) = NaCl(s).


Whats is the chemical formula of sodium chloride?

These are the ions and their charges: Na+1 Cl-1The charges have to add up to zero, so one +1 sodium ion cancels out one -1 chlorine ion. Therefore, the chemical formula of sodium chloride is NaCl.


Why is the formula for sodium chloride NaCl yet the formula for calcium chloride is CaCl2?

Sodium chloride (NaCl) contains one sodium ion (Na+) and one chloride ion (Cl-). Calcium chloride (CaCl2) contains one calcium ion (Ca2+) and two chloride ions (Cl-). The charges on the ions determine how they combine to form a compound, hence the difference in formulas.


What is the formula for sodium chlorine?

Sodium chloride is represented chemically as NaCl. It is composed of one sodium ion (Na+) and one chloride ion (Cl-), which combine in a 1:1 ratio to form the compound.


What happens when a sodium ion is attracted a chlorine ion?

forms a covalent bond APEX:They form an ionic compound.


What is a positive sodium ion and a negative chloride ion?

Sodium chloride is very useful. Sodium ion is the positive ion.


How does sodium atom and a chloride atom combine?

A sodium atom has one electron outside a closed shell, and a chlorine atom lacks one electron to fill a shell. A sodium chloride molecule forms by ionic bonding, the ionization of sodium and chlorine atoms and the attraction of the resulting positive and negative ions.


What does NaCl stand for in chemistry?

NaCl is the chemical formula for sodium chloride, often known as "table salt". "Na+" is the formula for a sodium ion; "Cl-" is the formula for a chloride ion. The charges balance to give a ratio of 1 sodium ion : 1 chloride ion per molecule of NaCl.