Dot-and-cross diagram of sodium chloride (NaCl)

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Dot-and-cross diagram of sodium chloride: a sodium ion with 8 crosses and a chloride ion with 7 dots and 1 cross, each in square brackets with its charge
A dot-and-cross diagram of sodium chloride, NaCl. The sodium ion, Na⁺, is drawn with the full shell it is left with, 8 crosses, and the chloride ion, Cl⁻, with its own 7 electrons as dots and the one it gained from sodium as a cross. Each ion is in square brackets with its charge at the top right.

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Answer key

  • Na loses 1 electron to Cl.
  • Na⁺ 2,8; Cl⁻ 2,8,8

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