Sodium Is Much More Apt to Exist as a Cation

question 92

Multiple Choice

Sodium is much more apt to exist as a cation than is chlorine.This is because ________.

• A)chlorine is a gas and sodium is a solid
• B)chlorine has a greater electron affinity than sodium does
• C)chlorine is bigger than sodium
• D)chlorine has a greater ionization energy than sodium does
• E)chlorine is more metallic than sodium

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