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Let us say you have an ionic compound such as table salt, sodium chloride. The sodium atom donates a negatively charged electron to the chlorine atom, so that both atoms can achieve a more stable electron configuration. As a result, the sodium is now a positively charged ion and the chlorine is now a negatively charged ion. Opposite charges attract (as per Coulomb's Law) and so, the oppositely charged ions attract each other, and that's why the compound stays together.
Now, if it is a covalent compound such as, for example, water, then the process is different. The oxygen is sharing electrons with two hydrogen atoms. They stay together because they have to be together in order to share electrons. The stability of their electron configuration requires it.
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What can be made that is held together by opposite charges compound or salt?
A compound
When Two or more elements together is knows as a?
The result of wo or more elements chemicaly bonded together is called a compound.
What causes bonds to stay together?
Bonds stay together by electrons that travel on the atoms combined, holding the atoms together.
What is a group of atom bonded together?
Compound
Is aspirin a compound or a mixture?
Compound, as it is a single substance, held together with chemical bonds.
Why ions remain together in a compound?
The ions stay together because of the electrostatic force of attraction between the positively charged cations and the negatively charged anions.
What are Compound words using word stay?
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Do the newts stay together?
newts can stay together
Is hydrogen and oxygen a element or a compound together?
Compound
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Stay Together was created in 1993.
What does a compound have in it?
A compound is two or more elements joined together.
What defines a compound?
A compound is two things put together.
Is the word togethe a compound word?
No. Together is not a compound word.
Did Zac and Vanessa breakup or stay together?
No, they still stay together.
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Hydrogen can form together with oxygen and create a compound. H2O
What can be made that is held together by opposite charges compound or salt?
A compound
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