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Why sodium chloride is a neutral compound even though it is made up of ions that have positive and negative charges?
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Why sodium chloride is a neutral compound even though it is made up of ions that have positive and negative charges?

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The charges cancel out

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This is key: remember it's only an ion when it transfers electrons! If it isn't going through the process of the transfer of electrons it's a neutral atom.
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