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Ionic Bonding (Giant Ionic Lattice Structure (Giant - made up of a…
Ionic Bonding
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Behavior
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High Melting Points
Giant ionic lattices are held by strong electrostatic forces - a lot of energy is required to overcome them (e.g. 801C in NaCl)
Often Soluble in water
Water is polar - part of the H2O molecule has a small charge - one part + and one -. The water molecules pull the ions from the lattice - causes it to dissolve.
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Atoms lose (for metals) or try to gain (in non-metals) electrons, so they can fill their outermost shell. This causes them to become charged atoms called ions. A non-metal will donate its outermost electron(s) to fill the outer shell of a non-metal, creating two oppositely charged ions, which then attract each other and from a lattice with lots of other ions doing the same thing
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