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

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Na is a alkaline metal, it can very easy give an electron, and form positive ion. Cl is a very strong non-metal(halogen), and it is able to take electron, and form negative ion. Positive and negative ion can attract to each other and form ionic bond.

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