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Offline s22345

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NaCl
« on: January 15, 2018, 03:14:53 AM »
When HCl dissociates into hygrogen and chloride ions, hydrogen joins with the lone pairs on oxygen atom. But it does not happen in the case of NaCl. Why?
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Re: NaCl
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2018, 05:03:05 AM »
Probably for the same reason NaCl is an ionic solid, not a molecular gas. Why is that?
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