NOUN
- a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion
How To Use ionic bond In A Sentence
- The attractions of molecules for each other are called intermolecular interactions to distinguish them from covalent and ionic bonding, forms of intramolecular interactions.
- The two extremes of molecular bonding are ionic bonds and covalent bonds.
- There are two main types of bonds that hold those atoms together, covalent and electrovalent / ionic bonds.
- Scientists also call ionic bonds electrovalent bonds.
- When one atom transfers electrons to another, it is called ionic bonding.
- Polyatomic ions can combine with oppositely charged ions, through ionic bonding.
- It can be shown that both ionic and non-ionic bonds contribute to the interaction.
- The chains are held together by ionic bonds, whereas individual silica tetrahedrals bond together covalently.
- The two ions of opposite charge attract each other and an ionic bond is formed.
- The oppositely charged ions Na + and Cl - attract to form an ionic bond.
