What is sodium chloride is an example of because it contains two or more elements?

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anor277
Aug 9, 2017

#"A chemical compound........?"#

Explanation:

Of course sodium chloride is not only a chemical compound, a species formed from 2 or more chemical elements, bound together by strong chemical bonds, it is a #"binary ionic salt"# formed of an infinite array of #Na^+# and #Cl^-# ions bound together by strong electrostatic forces.............

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