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Is elemental sodium sodium chloride?
No, they are not the same thing. Elemental sodium (Na) is a bad smelling yellow solid that violently burns up when water touches it. Sodium Chloride (NaCl) is the scientific name for table salt - the...
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Why is sodium malleable but sodium chloride is not?
Sodium chloride (NaCl) is a crystal lattice structure at a molecular level, while sodium itself (Na) is a pure element and also metallic. A pure element in it's natural state will usually have...
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Are sodium and sodium chloride the same?
No. Sodium is Na, Sodium Chloride is NaCl = common salt. Sodium is an alkali metal, naturally it is only found in a combined form.
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Is sodium chloride the same as sodium?
Sodium Chloride is a mixture of two elements. Sodium and Chlorine. They have been chemically bonded together. Sodium is a pure element. So to answer your question. No they are not.
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Electrolysis - Sodium from Sodium chloride?
Sodium metal can be obtained by electrolysis from molten mixture of sodium chloride and calcium chloride in Down's cell. The metal can not be obtained by electrolysis from aqueous solution, because...
