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In sodium chloride, which ion is negatively charged and which ion is positively charged?
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In sodium chloride, which ion is negatively charged and which ion is positively charged?

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In ionic compounds, the metal is always the positively charged ion, and the nonmetal negatively charged. Therefore, the sodium ion is positively charged and the chloride ion is negatively charged.

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