Re: CCL:NaCl a radical?

 Do you have any knowledge in chemistry? Even the first year students have
 to know that
 Na atom has a consiguration 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s1 (so one unpaired electron)
 Na+ ion has a configuration 1s2 2s2 2p6 (no unpaired electrons)
 So NaCl molecule has a closed shell ground state both experimentally and
 conputationally!
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 On Fri, 9 May 1997, YONG HUANG wrote:
 > 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
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