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Salt is a compound - not an element. An element is a single substance - for example - sodium is an element and so is chlorine. A compound is a combination of 2 or more elements in one molecule. Sodium chloride - NaCl (salt) is, therefore, an element.

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How do the elements sodium and chlorine produce the compound sodium chloride?

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