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This is a very vexed question. In modern usage, there isn't any such thing as a sodium chloride molecule. We reserve the term for covalent substances. (I was taught the old way, but now we try to think in terms of the actual particulate structure of substances.) Sodium chloride is a three dimensional assembly of positive sodium ions and negative chloride ions. The force of electrostatic attraction holds them all together. This is the bonding in an ionic substance.
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In a covalent substance such as sulfur, the question has more meaning. Sulfur atoms share electrons and form a sulfur molecule. The shared pairs of electrons are covalent bonds, which produce S8 molecules (don't forget the 8 is a subscript). That leads to the question 'what holds these molecules together in a lump of sulfur?' We then need to discuss intermolecular forces. In sulfur these are van der Waals' forces.
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Is Sodium Chloride a ionic bond or Covalent bond?
sodium chloride is most definaltely an ionic bond
Is Solid sodium chloride is a good conductor of electric current?
yes, because it is an ionic compund, made of the ionic bond of sodium and chloride. an ionic bond is between a metal and a nonmetal and sodium is a metal while chloride is a nonmetal.
Is sodium chloride a polar covalent bond non polar covalent bond or an ionic bond?
Sodium chloride is ionic.
Type of bond formed between Na and Cl?
Sodium chloride (NaCl) does not react with chlorine. The bond between sodium and chlorine atoms to form sodium chloride is ionic. The sodium ion loses one electron to the chlorine atom, forming a Na+ ion and a Cl- ion. The electrostatic attraction between the two oppositely charged ions forms the ionic bond.
What type of chemical bond is used in forming salt?
Table salt is a common name for NaCl (sodium chloride). The bond between the sodium and chlorine atoms is an ionic bond.All salts form by ionic bonds.
How a bond forms between sodium and chlorine in sodium chloride (NaCl).?
Sodium chloride has an ionic bond.
Sodium and chlorine bond to form sodium chloride Which type of compound is sodium chloride?
It is an ionic compound. The bond between sodium and Chlorine is an ionic bond.
The attraction between sodium ions and chloride ions form what kind of bond?
Sodium chloride has an ionic bond.
Nature of the bond between sodium and chloride?
This is a ionic bond.
What holds ions and sodium chloride together?
It is the electromagnetic force as it is expressed in what is called an ionic chemical bond that holds individual molecules of table salt (NaCl) together.
Why is sodium chloride a ionic bond?
Sodium chloride has an ionic bond because a big electrostatic attraction between ions of sodium and chlorine exist.
What bond is sodium chloride?
Sodium chloride has an ionic bond.
What is the bond in sodium chloride?
Sodium chloride has an ionic bond.
Does sodium chloride bond?
Sodium chloride has an ionic bond.
What is the nature of the bond between sodium and chloride?
It is ionic
When sodium and chloride join together an electron from sodium is transferred to the chloride to form a bond what is the bond called?
When sodium and chloride join together an electron from sodium is transferred to the chloride to form a bond. This bond is called an ionic bond.
What type of bond between sodium and chlorine?
An ionic bond as there is an actual transfer of electrons between the two elements in the product, Sodium Chloride. Sodium gives away one electron in order to become stable, i.e., get noble gas configuration and chlorine accepts that electron (given away by Sodium) to become stable. Thus, an ionic bond is formed between them.
