Flash! You made table salt!
Sodium wants to lose one electron and chlorine wants to gain one. They are a perfect match! Sodium hands over its electron in a bright flash, and the two stick together as salt.
The result
- What it makes
- Sodium chloride (table salt)
- Equation
- 2Na + Cl₂ → 2NaCl
- When it happens
- At room temperature
Fun fact from Fizzy: On their own sodium and chlorine are both dangerous, but together they make the salt you sprinkle on chips!
🥽 Chlorine gas is poisonous and sodium is explosive. Only make salt this way in a professional lab.