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What does ionic bonding form?

Ionic bonding forms compounds.


How can you relate a basketball to ionic and covalent bonding?

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Is NaCl ionic bonding or covalent bonding?

It is ionic bonding because Na is sodium which is a metal and Cl is chlorine which is a nonmetal. Ionic Bonding happens between nonmetals and nonmetals.


Events for ionic bonding?

Ionic bonding is based on electrostatic attraction between ions.


Ionic bonding is the major type of bonding in crystalline salts?

All salts are ionic


How do you compare ionic and covalent bonding?

Covalent bonding involves the sharing of electrons. Ionic bonding involves the transfer of electrons.


What are the similar  between ionic and covalent bonding?

Ionic and covalent bonding involve electrons. Ionic bonding involves the loss and gain of electrons, form ions. Covalent bonding involves the sharing of electrons.


Water dissolves many ionic and molecular compounds because of what?

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Does the compound LiCL have ionic or covalent bonding?

LiCl has ionic bonding. (There is no compound with a formula LiCL.)


What kind of bonding to salts use?

Ionic bonding


Is potassium and fluroine covalent or ionic bonding?

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