Activity In this activity, you will examine several different pictures of scientists. The scientists in these pictures are not exhibiting safe lab practices. For each picture, answer these questions:

What are the scientists doing incorrectly?
What could they do to make their work in the lab safer?
Why is it important to follow these procedures?

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nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.