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7 June, 15:09

Whats the structure and bonding of sodium chloride

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  1. 7 June, 15:18
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    Sodium Chloride is ordinary table salt

    You have a small sodium atom with a positive charge Na+, and a larger chlorine atom with a negative charge, making it a Chloride ion, Cl-.

    This ion formation has resulted from Na transferring one of its electrons to Cl. there opposite charges then attract them to each-other.

    Because the electrons are transferred rather than shared, we know that the bond is Ionic, rather than covalent.

    Most ionic compounds, if not all, are salts that form a crystal lattice structure, due to the opposite charges in the molecule.

    Think of it like this

    Na+-Cl-

    Cl--Na+

    Na+-Cl-

    That’s how the molecules attract and stick to each other. That would continue until you ran out of NaCl molecules.
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