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Sodium and chlorine atoms combine readily because they both tend to lose electrons. True False

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The correct answer is False

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This is false. Because of the pull of the nuclei of sodium and chlorine, the atoms are more likely to gain electrons when combining. It takes much more energy to take an electron from them then it would to take from metals.

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