1:1, one mole potassium to one mole chlorine
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The number of elementary entities in a mole of the substance. The elementary entities depends on the particles making up the substance. For example, argon is made of single atoms, so a mole of argon simply contains Avogadro's number of atoms. Water, on the other hand, is made of molecules, so a mole of water contains Avogadro's number of molecules. Now each water molecule, H2O, contains 3 atoms so a mole of water contains 3xAvogadro's number of atoms. Sodium chloride, NaCl, is made of sodium and chloride ions, in a ratio of 1:1. So a mole of sodium chloride contains Avogadro's number of sodium ions, and Avogadro's number of chloride ions. A mole of sodium chloride therefore contains 2xAvogadro's number of ions in total. The number comes from the number of carbon atoms in 12g of carbon-12.
In sodium chloride, the ratio is 1/1.
When silver nitrate (AgNO3) reacts with potassium chloride (KCl), a double displacement reaction occurs. The silver ions (Ag+) in AgNO3 switch places with the potassium ions (K+) in KCl to form silver chloride (AgCl) and potassium nitrate (KNO3). This reaction is represented by the chemical equation: AgNO3 + KCl → AgCl + KNO3. Silver chloride is a white precipitate that forms when the two solutions are mixed, while potassium nitrate remains soluble in water.
It is Sodium Chloride, so has the chemical symbol NaCl. This means that for each atom of Sodium, there is one atom of Chlorine.