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Sodium is a soft metal and chlorine is a gaseous non-metal but soidum chloride is a brittle solid. Give reason.

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Sodium and chlorine combine chemically to form sodium chloride which is a compound. In a compound, the constituent elements do not retain their properties. Therefore, sodium chloride gets a new set of properties which is completely different from sodium and chlorine.
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