Thread: The nature of Sodium and Chloride
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Old April 27th, 2006, 11:53
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:oops: I'm so sorry for the mistake.

Sodium is a metal and your answer is right as far as my knowledge about Na is concerned.

In chlorine no, free electrons are there to carry charge and that's why it cannot conduct electricity.