Question

1. sodium (na) and chlorine (cl) form the ionic compound table salt. describe how this happens. what happens to the electrons?

Explanation:

Sodium (Na) has one valence electron. It donates this electron to chlorine (Cl). Chlorine (Cl) has seven valence electrons and accepts the electron from sodium. Sodium becomes a positively - charged ion (\(Na^{+}\)) and chlorine becomes a negatively - charged ion (\(Cl^{-}\)). The electrostatic attraction between \(Na^{+}\) and \(Cl^{-}\) forms the ionic compound sodium chloride (NaCl), which is table salt.

Answer:

Sodium donates one electron to chlorine. Sodium becomes \(Na^{+}\) and chlorine becomes \(Cl^{-}\). The electrostatic attraction between them forms NaCl (table salt).