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From: YONG HUANG <Y0H8797@ACS.TAMU.EDU>
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Subject: NaCl a radical?


I guess I didn't make it clear why this is a legitimate question. The reason I 
ask wheather NaCl is a radical is because a Na atom is closed shell, so Na+ is 
open shell. Na+Cl- is open shell. If you think NaCl is a Na atom plus a Cl atom
without electron transfer, then a Cl atom is open shell so NaCl is still open
shell.

Yong