ionic bonding

• | ionic bonding

  • the transfer of electrons
• | ionic bonding

  • these OPPOSITELY charged ions r ATTRACTED to each other by ELECTROSTATIC FORCES which is called IONIC BONDING
• | dot & cross diagrams

  + useful for showing how ionic compounds are formed

  — dont show STRUCTURE or size
• why are ions attracted to each other?

  due to being oppositely charged
• what’s an ionic bond

  the attraction between oppositely charged ions by an electrostatic force