Explain why sodium (metal) is soft and can be bend, whereas nacl is hard and brittle.

Sodium chloride has a crystalline face-centered  cubic structure whereas metallic sodium body-centered  cubic structure.

Explanation:

Hello, atomic arrangements provide the molecules different features and behaviors, since the sodium metal has a body-centered cubic structure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_crystal_system#/media/File:Cubic-body-centered.svg) the lack of inner atoms, allows the material to be soft and bendable. On the other hand the compacted sodium chloride's face-centered  cubic structure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_crystal_system#/media/File:Cubic-face-centered.svg), provides it a crystalline structure which is hard and brittle since the atoms are closer.

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the grams   of   barium that   are in   2.3 x 10^23   atoms of barium   is   52.4 g (answer c)

    calculation

mass = moles   of ba   x molar   mass of ba

  molar mass of ba from periodic table=   137.3 g/mol

  use the   avogadro's law   constant   to   calculate the moles of barium

  that   is     1 mole =   6.02   x 10^23 atoms

                    ? moles = 2.3 x 10^23   atoms

by cross   multiplication

=(1 mole   x 2.3x 10^23 atoms)   / 6.02   x10^23 atoms)=   0.382   moles

mass   is therefore = 137.3   g/mol x 0.382 mol = 52.4 ( answer c)

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