Can the compound Na2Cl2 also be written or only be written as 2NaCl?

5 Answers

• Anonymous

  1 month ago

  Na2Cl2 does not exist; the molecules contain one sodium and one chlorine.

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• scientific_boy3434

  1 month ago

  chemically speaking is not wrong to write Na2Cl2, because sodium chloride has a 1:1 ratio of Na and Cl

  BUT

  IUPAC states that you have to write a chemical formula of a compound with the smallest numbers that will describe the ratio of the atoms.

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• Robert W

  1 month ago

  No it can’t because Na2 means 2 sodium atoms and Cl2 means 2 chlorine atoms. 2NaCl means 2 moles of the compound sodium chloride (table salt). Plus Na2Cl2 doesnt exist.

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• Anonymous

  1 month ago

  it is thermodynamically unfavourable to write sodium chloride as Na2Cl2.draw a born haber cycle for both,put in the datas and u’ll get the answer

  check this link

  http://chemistry.bd.psu.edu/jircitano/BH.html

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• maddy

  4 days ago

  Na2 Cl2

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