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.
Cl2 is covalent. NaCl is ionic.
The term molecule is not adequate for sodium chloride because NaCl form large lattices. More exact is formula unit - NaCl.
The meaning is that only one atom of this element exist in the molecule. Example: sodium chloride - NaCl.
NaCl
No Its an ionic compound
Two atoms in the formula unit (not molecule): Na and Cl.