Submitted by PHealthy t3_124xb33 in askscience
Pizza_Low t1_je1zz2k wrote
Reply to comment by nicolasknight in Is NaCl relatively common in the galaxy/universe? by PHealthy
If you have elemental chlorine and sodium will it form into NaCl with out needing to be dissolved in water first?
adamginsburg t1_je22sir wrote
Evidently yes - it spontaneously forms in gas just after that gas is expelled from stellar atmospheres (e.g., https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230206221C/abstract).
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