A small piece of sodium metal is placed in a flask of chlorine gas. A little water helps expose the sodium so it can react with the chlorine gas. The reaction releases a lot of heat as the ionic ...

Figure 1. Explosive sodium and deadly chlorine react to give table salt. Source: Saddlespace. 2. A harmless reactant can form a toxic product. Figure 1 (above) showed an example of a chemical reaction ...

[Editor's note: In his answer to this question, the late John Margrave argued that salt dissolves in water as ions of sodium and chlorine, and these ions hydrate, or join to, the water molecules.

6.4: Temperature and the Rate of a Chemical Reaction; 6.5: A Catalyst and the Rate of Reaction; 6.6: Using Chemical Change to Identify an Unknown; 6.7: Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions; ... The ...

KUNSTMANN, in an experiment on himself1, drank 10–20 litres of water daily, with an otherwise normal food intake. He felt fit during the experiment, his urinary output in sodium and chlorine ...