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Bonds do not "make up" any substance by themselves; atoms and/or ions are always necessary. The formula unit of sodium consists of one sodium cation and one chloride anion, and these are bound to each other by an ionic bond.
Sodium chloride [note spelling] is held together by ionic bonds.

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