The boiling point of chlorine is -100 degrees Celsius. When NaCl dissolves in water, the individual Na and Cl particles separate and mix with the water. Since Cl has such a low boiling point, why doesn't it immediately escape into the atmosphere as a gas on contact with water, leaving a pot full of pure sodium when all the water has finished boiling off?
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