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What type of bond holds together the elements sodium and chlorine?
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Ionic bonds
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What type of bond holds sodium atoms together?
In sodium metal the atoms are held together by metallic bonds.
What holds the ions together in sodium chloride indicate the specific charges that are involved?
When an electron of sodium atom is transferred to chlorine atom it forms sodium chloride. This chemical bonding gives Na+ and Cl-. The electrons are of opposite charges so they are attracted to each other and the end result is the formation of NaCl.
What attractive force holds one chlorine atom and one sodium atom together to make the substance salt?
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What type of bond holds sodium fluoride together?
ionic bonds :)
When sodium chloride forms what are the charges on the sodium and chloride ion?
Sodium chloride does not have an overall charge, it only has charged ions (which are Na+ and Cl-) If a sodium atom meets a chlorine atom, the sodium loses its outer-shell electron to form the sodium ion Na+. Chlorine takes on sodium's electron to become the ion Cl-. It also has a new name: chloride. Both ions are more stable than the neutral atoms from which they were formed, and exist as NaCl, sodium chloride (common salt). The electrostatic attraction between the positive and negative ions holds the salt crystal together. (Note that in the final formula the charges are not shown, although each ion still has its charge.)
What force holds salt together?
The transfer of electrons from the sodium to the chlorine, bicarbonate, ect.
What bond holds sodium and chlorine together to form table salt?
Ionic Bond
What type of bond holds sodium chloride elements together?
Sodium chloride has ionic bonds.
What type of chemical bond holds the sodium and chlorine atoms together in table salt?
Ionic bonding
What type of bond holds sodium and cholride atoms together when sodium atoms interact with chlorine atoms?
When sodium atoms and chlorine atoms interact, the sodium atoms are converted to positively charged cations and the chlorine atoms are converted to negatively charged anions. The cations and anions to which the atoms have been converted are held together by mutual electrostatic charge attractions.
What attracive force holds one chlorine atom and one sodium atom together to make the substance salt?
Chemical bonding
What attractive force holds chlorine and sodium together and what is this bond called?
The attraction between the two are called ionic forces or ionic bonds.
What type of bond holds sodium atoms together?
In sodium metal the atoms are held together by metallic bonds.
What holds ions and sodium chloride together?
It is the electromagnetic force as it is expressed in what is called an ionic chemical bond that holds individual molecules of table salt (NaCl) together.
What hold together two non metal elements?
Covalent Bonds holds two non-metals such as Silicon Oxide. Ionic Bonds holds a metal and a non-metal such as Sodium Chloride.
What is an ionic bonded compound?
An Ionic Compound is a compound that is formed when electrons exchange atoms. For example, Chlorine Gas will react with Sodium to create Sodium Chloride (NaCl, more commonly know as table salt). Chlorine gains an electron from sodium. The chlorine atom (now an ion) is then negatively charge (an anion) and the sodium ion is positively charge (cation). Different charges attract, so that's what holds them together.
What happens to salt molecules when dissolved in water?
The salt molecules are "torn apart" by the water, and are reduced to sodium (Na+) and chlorine (Cl-) ions. It is the ions that go into solution and "float around" there. Note that elemental sodium and elemental chlorine are not what is in solution. The ions are. Salt, sodium chloride, is an ionic molecule; an ionic bond holds salt together.
