Sodium Chloride (Extra Credit)

Sodium Chloride is the most interesting compound.  The way to write is scientifically is NaCl.  It is the most interesting to me for many reasons.  One reason I think that they are the most interesting is that it is all around us.  One place everyone has seen it is right on their kitchen table.  You might not have know this but it is your table salt that you use most likley every day.  You might not have know that it is a compound.  Another place you can find it is in the ocean.  It is the main reason from making the ocean salty.  It is also used when their is ice or snow on the road and we just put some Sodium Chloride on it.  It also is in a lot of shampoos that we  have today.  That is why this is so cool is that we use this stuff everyday but really didn't know that it was anything that amazing.

Back to the real facts of Sodium Chloride though.  Sodium Chloride is made up of Sodium and Chlorine.  It is an ionic compound and that basically just means that the ions are kept together in a networked structure by ionic bonds.  NaCl is an oderless and colorless compound that looks like crystals.  It is also non-flammable which could be the reason it is the main part in a fire extinguisher that makes it get rid of fire.  This is all the reasons why NaCl is the coolest compound out there!!!!!!

(By the way if anyone watches Jimmy Neutron here I would just like to say that in that episode where he is working at this reastraunt and the manager is really stupid, the manager says sweep up that salt and Jimmy is like ok I will get that Sodium Chloride and they get in this fight over what the name of it is because the manager thinks that Jimmy is being like stupid or something!!! Really a great show!  Sorry just had to add that in there.)