Molten sodium chloride is broken down in an electrolytic cell into the elements sodium and chlorine. Where do the products form?
O Sodium forms at the cathode through oxidation, and chlorine forms at the anode through reduction.
O Sodium forms at the anode through oxidation, and chlorine forms at the cathode through reduction.
O Sodium forms at the cathode through reduction, and chlorine forms at the anode through oxidation.
O Sodium forms at the anode through reduction, and chlorine forms at the cathode through oxidation.

Chlorine gas bubbles out of the melt above the anode. Sodium ions migrate to the cathode, where electrons enter the melt and are reduced to sodium metal

Explanation:

i believe it is 40–40–20%

explanation:

explanation:

metals have excess of electrons whereas non-metals have deficiency of electrons. thus, in order to gain stability metals easily donate their electrons to the non-metals.

for example, electronic configuration of sodium is and electronic configuration of phosphorous is .

when a phosphorous atom and sodium atom combine together then sodium will donate is extra one electron to the phosphorous atom. as a result there will be formation of ionic bond between sodium and phosphorous.

the reaction will be as follows.

there, are three sodium sodium atoms and each of them will donate its one extra electron to phosphorous atom. thus, the sub-shell of phosphorous gets completely filled.  

thus, we can conclude that electrons are transferred from atoms of sodium to atoms of phosphorous. this transfer makes the sodium atoms donate one electron and the phosphorous atoms to gain one electron. as a result, the sodium and phosphorus atoms strongly attract each other.