Ionic Bonding Basics

What type of atoms are held together by ionic bonds?

• Metal and nonmetal

• nonmetal and nonmetal

• metal and metal

• metalloids and nonmetals

Which would be an example of a nonmetal?

• Na

• Mg

• Fe

• Cl

AgCl was one of the examples Tyler showed of an ionic compound. Which element is the metal?

• Ag

• Cl

• AgCl

• IDK

Since sodium is giving up an electron (losing it), would it become Na+1 or Na-1?

• +1

• -1

Chlorine gained an electron, so what would it's charge be?

• 1+

• 1-

What do we call atoms that have charges?

• ions

• isotopes

• cation

• antion

True or false - chlorine and chloride have the same number of electrons

• True

• False