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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why do sodium atoms and chlorine atoms attract each other in a salt crystal?

OpenStudy (lena772):

sodium has 11electrons and chloride 17 .Sodium has 2 unstable electrons that be lost to make it stable.When chloride has 7 unstable electrons and needs only 1 electrons to be come stable. When sodium and chloride react,sodium loses its electron and it is gained by chloride there by forming a compound sodium chloride (NaCl)

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