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Why do the sodium ion and the chlorine ion form an ionic bond instead of a covalent bond?
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Is sodium chlorine a ionic or covalent bond?
Ionic
Is NaCl a ionic or covalent bond?
Ionic, chlorine does not share any electrons with sodium to form a bond.
Do sodium and chlorine atom form a covalent bond?
No. Sodium can only form ionic bonds.
Does sodium form a covalent transferring or ionic transferring or ionic sharing bond with chlorine?
Covalent bonds are between non-metals only. Ions in covalent bonds share electrons. Ionic bonds are between a non-metal and a metal and the ions transfer electrons. Sodium (Na) is a metal and chlorine (Cl) is a non-metal. Therefore, sodium and chlorine form an ionic bond, in which ions transfer electrons.
Is sodium chloride ionic or covalent?
No, but the bond in sodium chloride is covalent.
When chlorine bonds with chlorine is it an ionic or covalent bond?
Covalent.
What are examples of ionic and covalent bonding?
ionic - Sodium Chloride Covalent - Water ionic - Sodium Chloride Covalent - Water
What types of compounds chlorine is found in?
Chlorine can be found in either ionic compounds such as sodium chloride or in covalent compounds such as hydrochloric acid.
The bond in the diatomic chlorine molecule Cl2 is but the bond in sodium chloride NaCl is?
pure covalent; ionic
Is chlorine and sodium an ionic?
Chlorine and sodium combine to produce the ionic compound sodium chloride.
Is chlorine gas ionic or covalent?
Covalent
What kind of bond can chlorine atom form?
Chlorine can form both ionic and covalent bonds. For example:-NaCl- Here bond between chlorine and Sodium is ionic.HCl- Here bond between Hydrogen and Chlorine is covalent.
