eli5: Why does NaCl not blow up in water like Na? Doesn’t the molecule breaks into Na+ / Cl- in water?
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Na desperately wants to be Na+, that is what is causing the mayhem when Na meets anything that it can rob of some + (or rather: dump some – on).
Once it is Na+, as in NaCl (which is in reality more like Na+ Cl-) it is perfectly docile.
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