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The chemical name for table salt is sodium chloride. It is written NaCl. Na+1=sodium, and Cl-1=chloride so the chemical name is sodium chloride. Sodium is Na, which is a explosive metal, and Cl is a poisonous gas. But when combined, it makes sodium chloride, or salt, which is an ionic compound.

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