What is the bonding of silver chloride?

Answer 1

the bonding of silver is very simple. Silver bonds with th components that the element is in contact with. The cunsuperios algeans in the element give it the prbability that it is likely to attach itself to its bonding material.

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From Pisgahchemist:

Silver and chlorine form a polar covalent bond. Look at the electronegativity difference and the percent ionic character. ΔEN = 1.23. Percent ionic character = 32%. This means that the bond is much more covalent than ionic.

Perhaps you have heard that metals and nonmetals always have ionic bonds. That is simply not true and a vast oversimplification. Just because two atoms may combine in a network lattice, doesn't necessarily mean that the bonds are "ionic." Keep in mind that all bonds lie along a continuum, and that there are few 100% covalent bonds and essentially no 100% ionic bonds. Think of "ionic" and "covalent" as ideal bonds, and just like an ideal gas is an approximation, of a real gas, real bonds have characteristics of both ionic and covalent bonds.

Therefore, don't be misled by responses that classify bonds as either "ionic" or "covalent". Silver atoms in AgCl do not have actual charges of +1, nor do chlorine atoms have actual charges of -1. You should realize that almost all bonds lie somewhere in between the two extremes, and rank the bond by its ionic character, as given by the difference in electronegativity.

% ionic character = 100(1 - e^-(ΔEN²/4))

Answer 2

Silver chloride forms ionic bonding, where the silver atom loses an electron to become a positively charged ion (Ag+), and the chlorine atom gains an electron to become a negatively charged ion (Cl-). These ions are held together by strong electrostatic forces of attraction, resulting in the formation of a crystalline solid.