So you are saying that when you put table salt into water the sodium, Na+ does not
exist as a free ion? that NaCl does not dissolve into Na+ & Cl- ????
Ingrid

"Gregory Young" wrote:
9) sodium exchanged, BTW, binds to chlorides in the water to make "salt"..
sodium does not exist in the free state (+ charged ion) in water
Happy ponding
Greg