Can someone tell me what Hydrogen, Chlorine, and Sodium have in common besides being Elements.
2007-01-09 14:36:21 · 5 answers · asked by mortifiedpengn 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
I'm not exactly too sure about commonalities for all three; hydrogen and chlorine are both gases and diatomic, and both can be negative ions with a -1 charge. Hydrogen and sodium are both considered metals and can be positive ions with a charge of +1. The only similarity among all three that I can think of is that all of them are dangerous in some way; hydrogen gas is explosively flammable, chlorine gas is poisonous (kind of like mustard gas), and you can burn yourself if you touch sodium with your bare skin. I'm pretty sure that you have to keep sodium metal in oil or it'll react with air and water, but I'm not positive on that.
2007-01-09 14:58:53 · answer #1 · answered by AskerOfQuestions 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm kinda stumped with this one. I can think of a few far reaching similarities, but it would be more helpful if you could say what level of chemistry you're working at. An answer at the high school level requires less complicated reasoning than one at the university level.....
2007-01-09 22:58:14 · answer #2 · answered by justjbk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that they are all involved in a crucial reaction in order to produce one of the most common substances necessary for good food-salt!
2007-01-09 23:07:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are highly flammable in the gaseous form....I think.....don't take this as fact yet....
2007-01-09 22:46:15 · answer #4 · answered by Sparrowess 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They all can form covalent bonds.
2007-01-09 23:24:32 · answer #5 · answered by Pam 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋