Because sodium and sodium chloride are two different things. Even though sodium is in sodium chloride when you mix two elements you create a new compound.
Solid sodium chloride doesn't conduct electricity.
Solid sodium chloride is not an electrolyte.
Sodium chloride is not electrically conductive.
Solid sodium chloride is not an electrical conductor.
Solid sodium chloride does not conduct electricity because the ions are in a fixed position and cannot move to carry an electrical current. It is only when sodium chloride is dissolved in water or melted that it can conduct electricity due to the mobile ions.
When it is a solid sodium chloride is not an electrical conductor.
Aqueous sodium chloride contains dissociated ions which are free to move and conduct electricity. Dry sodium chloride does not conduct electricity because the ions are not free to move in a solid state.
Sodium is a metal having free electrons; solid sodium chloride is not an electrolyte.
Sodium chloride (table salt) can conduct electricity in its molten state or when dissolved in water, but not in its solid form. Heat does not directly affect its ability to conduct electricity.
Melted sodium chloride is an electrolyte containing the cation Na+and the anion Cl-.
When NaCl in in solid state.
When solid sodium chloride dos not conduct electricity because the ions are tightly bound in the ionic crystal lattice. When molten or when dissolved the ions are free to move and conduct electricity.