NaCl is ionic, but it is not a molecule. Molecules can only be covalent.
Because sodium is a metal and chlorine is a non metal, it is ionically bonded.
ionic compound
ionic bonding
Sodium chloride has an ionic bond.
Ionic
ionically
so they cant disolve
covalently bonded
The cation,Na +and the anion,Cl -form the ionically bondedNaClsodium chloride.
covalent
Bonding in NaCl is ionic bond.
An exothermic reaction can produce a covalently bonded compound or an ionically bonded one. It depends on the starting reactants.
Water contains hydrogen and oxygen, which are both nonmetals, therefore water is a covalent compound.
OH -Is the polyatomic ion hydroxide and is covalently bondedNa + and OH -Make up the ionically bonded compound sodium hydroxide.
The same as NaCl - ionically in a crystal lattice
Calcium is a metallic element and is not bonded covalently or ionically. It tends to form ionic compounds when it does react.
Depends on the compound; chlorine can form an ionic bond with many elements. eg, NaCl, MgCl2, CsCl.
Potassium sulfate contains both covalent and ionic bonding. Potassium cations are bonded ionically to the polyatomic sulfate anions, and these anions are internally bonded covalently.