Tuesday, November 10, 2015

1.33 Understand ionic bonding as a strong electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions

Ionic bonding happens with oppositely charged ions because they are attracted to each other because of their opposite charges (electrostatic attraction) which bonds them to form an ionic compound.

Basically, ionic bonding is a strong electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions.

Note that ionic bonding happens between metals and non metals

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