(July 17, 2013 at 1:32 am)Consilius Wrote: If sodium is still sodium outside of and within the salt, then we have a whole made of parts. A chemical compound is the creation of an entirely different thing, not a body with parts.
As it happens, sodium is still sodium outside of and within salt. It doesn't magically change into unsodium.
(July 17, 2013 at 1:32 am)Consilius Wrote: As for water, it needs light to change color, and so you cannot say that water changes color on its own.
If the water is colorless and has color under the same light, then it doesn't need light to change color. Wrong again.
