Question

Click Show formula, Show completed compounds, and Show charge. In the space below, write the formula for sodium chloride. What is the charge on the Sodium atom and what is the charge on the Chlorine atom? Explain why one atom has a negative charge and the other atom has a positive charge. Show each calculation of the atoms’ charge in the space below. Hint: Use a Periodic Table to determine the protons and electrons of a neutral atom. You can calculate the charge of an atom by subtracting the number of electrons from the number of protons

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

sodium chloride = NaCl

Sodium atom charge is zero but the sodium ion is Na+

Clorine atom is zero chlorine ion is Cl-

Chlorine is negative due to gaining negatively charged electron

Sodium is positive due to it losing a negatively charged electron.

Na has 11 protons and 11 electrons when neutral

Cl has 17 portons and 17 electrons when neutral