Why would you expect sodium (Na) to react strongly with chlorine (Cl) ?

1. They both need to lose one electron.

2. They both need to gain one electron.

3. Sodium needs to lose one electron, and chlorine needs to gain one electron.

4. Sodium needs to gain one electron, and chlorine needs to lose one electron.

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Ethen Strong

Physics

12 December, 10:14

Why would you expect sodium (Na) to react strongly with chlorine (Cl) ?

1. They both need to lose one electron.

2. They both need to gain one electron.

3. Sodium needs to lose one electron, and chlorine needs to gain one electron.

4. Sodium needs to gain one electron, and chlorine needs to lose one electron.

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Corbin Heath · Answer 1

3. is the answer, Sodium needs to lose one electron, and chlorine needs to gain one electron. This is because Sodium's row always wants to give away an electron, while Chlorine's row wants to gain an electron.