sodium vapours

Why Sodium Chloride Does Not React With Water?

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Why Sodium Chloride Does Not React With Water? The sodium loses an electron, and the chlorine gains that electron. This reaction is highly favorable because of the electrostatic attraction between the particles. In the process, a great amount of light and heat is released. The resulting salt is mostly unreactive — it is stable. Why

What Happens When You Burn Sodium Chloride?

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What Happens When You Burn Sodium Chloride? A typical flame will burn yellow-orange with a little bit of blue near the base of the wick. When you burned the skewer tip coated with sodium chloride, you should have seen that the flame was pure yellow-orange (without any blue). This is because when the metal sodium