📝 Multiple Choice Question
General-science
Why cannot we write the chemical formula of a compound formed by chlorine and sodium as ClNa instead of NaCl?
A
isotopes
B
ions
C
nucleons
D
electrons
Explanation
By standard chemical naming conventions for ionic compounds, the positively charged metal ion (cation, Na+) must always be written before the negatively charged non-metal ion (anion, Cl-).
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