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Does sodium chloride retain any characteristic of sodium or chlorine?

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When this occurs, sodium will donate an electron (which is a negatively-charged particle) to chlorine. This makes sodium slightly positive and chlorine slightly negative. Opposite charges attract, right? So then, sodium ions will attract chloride ions and form an ionic bond.

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