If You Eat Metallic Sodium or Inhale Chlorine Gas,you Stand

question 69

Multiple Choice

If you eat metallic sodium or inhale chlorine gas,you stand a strong chance of dying.Let these two elements react with each other,however,and you can safely sprinkle the compound on your popcorn for better taste.What is going on?

• A)After these two elements react they lose the potential energy to cause harm.
• B)All elements are inherently dangerous.
• C)Sodium and chlorine from the elemental form is more concentrated than the sodium and chlorine we get from sodium chloride.
• D)Sodium chloride has nothing in common with sodium and chlorine.

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Definitions:

Free Radical

Highly reactive atoms or molecules with an unpaired electron, involved in various chemical reactions.

Carbene

A highly reactive molecule featuring a carbon atom with two non-bonded electrons, making it very reactive.

Intermediates

Reactive species that are formed during the chemical reactions and lie in the reaction pathway between the reactants and the final products.

Dimethylbut-1-ene

An organic compound that is a branched alkene with the formula C6H12, specifically one of the isomers with a double bond at the first carbon.