Homework Help: chemistry

Posted by kaiya on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 12:48pm.

Sodium, Na+1 and chlorine Cl-1 often react together to form a molecule they do this because
sodium gives an electron away chlorine picks up the electron
chlorine gives an electron away sodium picks up the electron
they are near each other on the periodic table
they are far away from each other on the periodic table

chemistry - DrBob222, Monday, October 11, 2010 at 5:00pm
#1 is correct; #4 is correct is many circumstances.

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