Why is nacl is harder than sodium metal
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sodium metal is harder than solid metal because NaCl is a ionic compound formed by the strong electrostatic forces of attraction between cations and anions and so it has ionic bond , thus it is in the form of crystal solid.
whereas Na is a metal with metallic bonding
and generally metallic bond is weaker than ionic bonding
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