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Chlorine gains electrons and sodium lose electrons
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They form an ionic bond
A sodium atom has one electron outside a closed shell, and a chlorine atom lacks one electron to fill a shell. A sodium chloride molecule forms by ionic bonding, the ionization of sodium and chlorine atoms and the attraction of the resulting positive and negative ions.
Chlorine gains electrons and sodium lose electrons
The electron is transferred to chlorine.
The sodium atom, Na, is ionized, giving it's electron to the chlorine, Cl. Therefore, one electron is transferred from the sodium to the chlorine, forming Na+ and Cl- ions and an ionic bond.
They form an ionic bond
Sodium chloride is formed by an ionic bond.
Sodium chloride is formed by an ionic bond.
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They form an ionic bond
sodium and chlorine (Na and Cl) chemically combine
A sodium atom has one electron outside a closed shell, and a chlorine atom lacks one electron to fill a shell. A sodium chloride molecule forms by ionic bonding, the ionization of sodium and chlorine atoms and the attraction of the resulting positive and negative ions.
Chlorine and sodium combine to produce the ionic compound sodium chloride.