Since salt undergoes a chemical change causing it to become Na(aq)+ and Cl(aq)- why does drinking aqueous Sodium and Chlorine not harm you?
In: Chemistry
Sodium metal and chlorine gas are dangerous specifically because they really want to be Na+ and Cl- and will violently react with anything in reach to get there.
Once they’re done with that, the resulting ions are mostly harmless – although chugging salt water will disturb your internal water/ion balance and eventually kill you.
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