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There should not be a 2 at the end.

A Sodium Ion has a charge of 1+ and a chlorine ion has a charge of 1-, the chlorine does not need 2 ions to balance out the sodium.

It should be NaCl.

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A sodium chloride molecule only exists in the gaseous state. In a solid state, it exists as a network atom with lots of sodium and chloride atoms bound together.

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Because your OH and H can't just disappear they have to be in the equation.

HCl + NaOH --> NaCl +H2O

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Both elements are monovalent. But at high pressure compounds Na3Cl and NaCl3 exist.

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Q: Why is the equation HCl plus NaOH equals NaCl wrong?
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