Aqueous chloride is a solution containing chloride ions and water, often mixed with a positively charged cation. Ions are charged particles formed when atoms lose or gain electrons. Aqueous solutions are denoted by (aq) in chemical equations. Chloride ions can only dissolve when paired with certain cations. Salt is a combination of sodium and chlorine, forming an aqueous solution of chloride when dissolved in water. The different ions present in the solution can be separated by electrolysis.
Aqueous chloride is a solution that includes chloride ions and water. Generally, the chloride will be mixed with a positively charged cation or ion, such as sodium, calcium or potassium in a solution. Nonetheless, any solution that includes chloride ions mixed in a solute, such as water, can be defined as an aqueous chloride. Normally, the symbol (aq) used to denote an aqueous solution is only relevant when people are looking at a chemical equation and need to know the states of the products before calculating.
Ions are charged particles that form when atoms lose or gain an atom. Atoms have three energy levels, which are filled with electrons, the first taking a maximum of two and the second and third taking a maximum of eight. The ideal state for an atom is for all these energy levels to be full and to achieve this they lose or gain an electron and become electrically charged. If an electron is gained, the ion is negatively charged, or anion, and if an electron is lost, the ion is positively charged, or a cation. Chlorine, for example, forms a negatively charged ion by gaining an electron to fill its outer electron shell.
Elements or ions that have been dissolved in a solvent such as water are referred to as aqueous by chemists. This is shown in chemical equations with the symbol (aq) after the element or ion symbol. Many different elements and compounds can be dissolved in water in this way, but are generally only soluble when coupled with certain other chemicals. Chloride ions can only dissolve when paired with cations other than silver, lead, mercury, copper or thallium. Common table salt can also be used to make an aqueous solution of chloride.
Salt is a combination of sodium and chlorine, formed when the sodium ion “Na+” bonds with the chloride ion “Cl-” due to their opposite charges. When dissolved in water, negatively charged chloride ions and positively charged sodium ions are free to roam around the mixture. This forms an aqueous solution of chloride and the two different ions present in it can be separated by electrolysis. If a positive and a negative electrode are placed in the water, the different ions reunite at the electrode with the opposite charge to them. Aqueous chloride can also form into other compounds such as hydrochloric acid when mixed with other elements such as hydrogen.
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