Sodium metal reacts violently with water and chlorine is a toxic gas, yet we eat sodium chloride. Why is this possible? Select one: a. The properties of compounds are different from the properties of the elements that form the compounds. b. The properties of compounds are identical to the properties of the elements that form the compounds, and we should not eat sodium chloride because it is toxic.
c. The physical properties of compounds are different from the physical properties of the elements that form the compounds, but the chemical properties of the elements and compound are the same.
d. The chemical properties of compounds are different from the chemical properties of the elements that form the compounds, but the physical properties of the elements and compound are the same.

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two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

answer: gold foil experiment - he shot alpha particles at a gold foil

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