Are made up of a metal and a non-metal or a metal and a group of nonmetals.
Formed by ionic bonding.
Ionic bonding occurs through a process called electron transfer, where one atom gives electrons to another.
Ionic compounds are metal to non-metal or a metal to a group of non-metals
Ionic Compounds
CaCl2
Ca = metal; Cl = non-metal
Ioniccompound
NaNO3
Na = metal; N & O = group of non-metal
Ioniccompound
H2O
H = non-metal; O = non-metal
Covalent compound
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Answer
A) TRANSFER
OCTET Rule
States that when atoms of elements combine to form compounds, they tend to lose, gain, or share electrons to achieve the same electron arrangement as the noble gas nearest them in the periodic table.
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Na has one valence electron and O has 6 valence electron so we add one more Na.