Sodium chloride is an example of a common table salt.
compound. the molecule is NaCl.
A molecule. You can have ionic or covalently bound atoms in a molecule. An example of ionic is NaCl, and of covalent is CO2
It would be inaccurate to speak of an NaCl molecule because NaCl is an ionic compound, not a molecule. NaCl is formed from an ionic bond between sodium ions (Na+) and chloride ions (Cl-), not from the sharing of electrons between atoms like in a covalent molecule.
NaCl
NaCl is a compound, not a molecule. This is because NaCl is created when the elements sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) chemically bond together to form a new substance with different properties from its individual elements.
Today NaCl is considered the formula unit of sodium chloride, not the true chemical formula of the molecule; NaCl form very complex lattices, as other ionic salts.
The meaning is that only one atom of this element exist in the molecule. Example: sodium chloride - NaCl.
The term molecule is not adequate for sodium chloride because NaCl form large lattices. More exact is formula unit - NaCl.
Cl2 is covalent. NaCl is ionic.
NaCl
No Its an ionic compound
The formula unit -NaCl - (not a molecule) contain two atoms.