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Why is Sodium Chloride considered a compound but oxygen gas is not?
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Sodium Chloride is considered a compound because there are two different elements reacting in that compound. Oxygen gas is not considered a compound because oxygen is an element.
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Sodium chlorate yields sodium chloride plus oxygen gas?
yes it yeilds oxygen and sodium chloride when the heatis applied to the sodium chlorate the heat decomposes the chemical into 2 substances sodium chloride in solid form and oxygen in gas form. NaClO3 + heat ----> NaCl + O3
Is Sodium chlorate a pure substance and not a mixture of sodium chloride and oxygen?
yes
Which is a compound oxygen sodium water or iron?
Water.
Is sodium nitrade a binary compound?
No, sodium nitrate, NaNO3 contains three elements sodium nitrogen and oxygen (its a ternary compound)
The product of Sodium Sulfide and Zinc Chloride?
The products are sodium chloride and oxygen.
What is a compound oxygen gas hydrogen gas sodium chloride chlorine gas lithium?
Sodium chloride; the others are all elements.
Sodium chloride is what on the periodic table?
As it is a periodic table of elements and sodium chloride is a compound consisting of sodium, chlorine and oxygen, sodium chloride does not appear on the periodic table.
Is oxygen in sodium chloride?
Sodium chloride (NaCl) doesn't contain oxygen.
How are sodium chloride and Epsom salt different?
Sodium chloride is a compound of sodium and chlorine. Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate heptahydrate (MgSO4 · 7H2O), a compound of magnesium, sulfur, and oxygen with water trapped in the crystal structure.
What happens when chlorine is mixed with sodium chloride?
Nothing at all. The sodium is fully oxidised in sodium chloride and chlorine gas has no effect. +++ "... fully oxidised..." Really? There is no oxygen in the compound, which is simply NaCl.
Will sodium chloride react with oxygen gas?
Sodium chloride doesn't react with oxygen gas.
Is magnesium chloride considered an organic compound?
No, in order to be an organic compound it has to contain the element carbon, as well as hydrogen, oxygen and/or nitrogen. Magnesium chloride contains none of them, so it is not considered to be an organic compound.
3 examples of compound?
H2O, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen (water or dihydrogen monoxide) NaCl, a compound of sodium and chlorine (table salt or sodium chloride) CaCO3, a compound of calcium and carbonate (calcium carbonate)
What constitutes a compound?
When two elements combine it forms a compound. NaCl (table salt) is a compouond of sodium and chloride. H2O (water) is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
Example of element and compound mixture?
Element: oxygen, potassium Compound: sodium chloride, potassium dichromate Mixture: air, orange juice
Which two elements makes up most of the dissolved solids in sea water?
Hydrogen and Oxygen H20 is the element compound of water.
Is there oxygen in salt?
Sodium chloride hasn't oxygen.
