Chemical bonding is the force of attraction that holds atoms together to form molecules or compounds. There are two primary types of chemical bonds: ionic and covalent bonds. Both these bonds play a ...

The details of how ions are formed are not required for this topic. In Unit 1 you are expected to be able to use the table of common ions to identify the ions present in a compound and then construct ...

A two-dimensional model for the ionic lattice in sodium chloride Remember that the lattice arrangement is giant - for example, a single grain of salt may contain 1.2 × 10 18 (1,200,000,000,000,000,000 ...