Chemistry, asked by salonidarji9947, 1 year ago

2 chemistry why nacl is hard but na is soft?

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Answered by Kimberly7

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Sodium metal is soft due to weak metallic bonding in sodium as it has only one valence electron. Sodium chloride crystal is hard due to strong ionic bonding between sodium and chloride ions

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