Is salt a mixture ?

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Kasandra G. · Kalit Gautam
Apr 3, 2018

No, it's a compound

Explanation:

Common Salt is a compound formed by the coulombic interaction between #Na^+# (Sodium cations) and #Cl^-# (Chloride anions) and has formula #NaCl#.

If it were #Na# & #Cl#, it would be a mixture because mixtures are 2 or more elements that have been mixed together, while compounds are 2 or more elements that have been chemically bonded together.

Compounds are always written together (#NaCl#), and mixtures are always written separately (#Na# & #Cl#).

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