Question

A. What is the difference between sodium atom and sodium ion? B you cannot holt a piece of na in your hand but you can eat na ions in nacl. Why?

Answer 1

a sodium atom is the general form of sodium which contains 11 electrons .

but in case of sodium ion , sodium atom loses one electron and forms Na plus ion .

and it has 10 electrons.

because sodium, in Na sodium is in atomic form but in NaCl , it is in molecular form .

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Answer 2

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$<i>$ Sodium atom is the basic form of sodium. It is denoted by "Na".

Sodium ion is formed when sodium ion loses a certain number of electrons that is equal to its valency, i.e., it loses 1 electron. It is denoted by " Na +".



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