Why is sodium chloride not considered a molecular compound? What kind of compound is it?

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Evedovelli · Answer 1 · 2023-03-15T02:21:46+0000

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Something like table salt (NaCl) is a compound because it is made from more than one kind of element (sodium and chlorine), but it is not a molecule because the bond that holds NaCl together is an ionic bond. If you like, you can say that sodium chloride is an ionic compound.

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