Sodium catches fire easily and chlorine is a harmful gas. But sodium shloride is indispensable in our daily meal. Give reasons.

Sodium catches fire easily and chlorine is a harmful gas. But sodium s

1.	Sodium catches fire easily and chlorine is a harmful gas. But sodium shloride is indispensable in our daily meal. Give reasons.
Answer» Solution :SODIUM CHLORIDE is a compound. In compound, the constituents (sodium,chlorine) do not retain their properties and so we can TAKE NaCl in our DAILY MEAL.