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Here's my old furry raccoon mon again about ionic bonds. Positively charged atoms are cations and negatively charged atoms are anions. Anions are usually larger as they have an extra electron probably occupying a higher orbital. Cations want to reduce which means they want to get electrons and anions want to oxidize, to lose electrons. A common mnemonic is "red cat" and "an ox" which I tried to reference in the shinies.
Stakitt (Electric/Dark): Stakitts rub their fur on different surfaces to steal electrons to use for their own defenses. They usually keep their distance from other Stakitts as they might steal the electrons from each other.
Procion (Electric/Dark): Procions try to hide their body in their electron-rich fur which deliver a shock to those they touch them. Stakitts try to steal electrons from a Procion's fur, but Procions are usually strong enough to keep the charge on them.
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Ionic Bonding
Ionic bonding is the electrostatic force that binds together oppositely charged ions formed by the transfer of electron or electrons from an electropositive metal to an electronegative non-metal atom. We know that sodium and chlorine react vigorously to yield crystalline solid sodium chloride. The crystallographic study suggests that there is no single sodium chloride molecule in the NaCl crystal lattice. Each sodium ion is surrounded by six chloride ions in a non-ending pattern by electrostatic forces of attraction or ionic bonding. .. more https://www.priyamstudycentre.com/2021/01/ionic-bonding.html
(Ionic Bond)
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This is the first in my short series of the three main types of bond - ionic, metallic and covalent. In this, you’ll learn about the properties of the compounds, which atoms they’re found between and how the bonds are formed. Enjoy!
When electrons are transferred from a metal to a non-metal, an ionic compound is formed. Metals usually lose electrons and non-metals usually gain them to get to a noble gas configuration. Transition metals do not always achieve this.
Charged particles that have either lost or gained electrons are called ions and are no longer neutral - metal atoms lose electrons to become positive ions (cations) whereas non-metals gain electrons to become negative ions (anions).
The formation of these ions is usually shown using electron configurations. Make sure you know that the transfer of electrons is not the bond but how the ions are formed.
An ionic bond is the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions.
You need to know how to explain how atoms react with other atoms and for this the electron configurations are needed. You can use dot and cross diagrams for this.
Ionic solids hold ions in 3D structures called ionic lattices. A lattice is a repeating 3D pattern in a crystalline solid. For example, NaCl has a 6:6 arrangement - each Na+ ion is surrounded by 6 Cl- and vice versa.
Ionic solids have many strong electrostatic attractions between their ions. The crystalline shape can be decrepitated (cracked) on heating. Ionic Lattices have high melting and boiling points since they need more energy to break because atoms are held together by lots of strong electrostatic attractions between positive and negative ions. The boiling point of an ionic compound depends on the size of the atomic radius and the charge of the ion. The smaller the ion and the higher the charge, the stronger attraction.
Look at this diagram. It shows how atomic radius decreases across a period regularly. This is not the case with the ions. Positive ions are usually smaller than the atoms they came from because metal atoms lose electrons meaning the nuclear charge increases which draws the electrons closer to the nucleus. For negative ions, they become larger because repulsion between electrons moves them further away - nuclear charge also decreases as more electrons to the same number of protons.
Ionic substances can conduct electricity through the movement of charged particles when molten or dissolved (aqueous). This is because when they are like this, electrons are free to move and carry a charge. Ionic solids cannot conduct electricity.
Ionic compounds are usually soluble in water. This is because the polar water molecules cluster around ions which have broken off the lattice and so separate them from each other. Some substances like aluminium oxide have too strong electrostatic attractions so water cannot break up the lattice - it is insoluble in water.
Molecular ions such as sulfate, nitrate, ammonium or carbonate can exist within ionic compounds. These compounds may have covalent bonds within the ions but overall they are ionic and exhibit thee properties described above.
SUMMARY
When electrons are transferred from a metal to a non-metal, an ionic compound is formed.
Charged particles that have either lost or gained electrons are called ions and are no longer neutral - metal atoms lose electrons to become positive ions (cations) whereas non-metals gain electrons to become negative ions (anions).
The formation of these ions is usually shown using electron configurations. The transfer of electrons is not the bond but how the ions are formed.
An ionic bond is the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions.
Ionic solids hold ions in 3D structures called ionic lattices. A lattice is a repeating 3D pattern in a crystalline solid.
Ionic solids have many strong electrostatic attractions between their ions. The crystalline shape can be decrepitated (cracked) on heating.
Ionic Lattices have high melting and boiling points since they need more energy to break because atoms are held together by lots of strong electrostatic attractions between positive and negative ions.
The boiling point of an ionic compound depends on the size of the atomic radius and the charge of the ion. The smaller the ion and the higher the charge, the stronger attraction.
Positive ions are usually smaller than the atoms they came from because metal atoms lose electrons meaning the nuclear charge increases which draws the electrons closer to the nucleus. Negative ions become larger because repulsion between electrons moves them further away - nuclear charge also decreases as more electrons to the same number of protons.
Ionic substances can conduct electricity through the movement of charged particles when molten or dissolved (aqueous). This is because when they are like this, electrons are free to move and carry a charge. Ionic solids cannot conduct electricity.
Ionic compounds are usually soluble in water because the polar water molecules cluster around ions which have broken off the lattice and so separate them from each other.
Some substances like aluminium oxide have too strong electrostatic attractions so water cannot break up the lattice - it is insoluble in water.
Molecular ions such as sulfate, nitrate, ammonium or carbonate can exist within ionic compounds. These compounds may have covalent bonds within the ions but overall they are ionic and exhibit thee properties described above.
Static electricity/charge refers to when there is a build up of charge that hasn't moved yet but has the potential to and zap. Charge is when a material has more or fewer electrons than they have protons. More electrons = negatively charged, fewer electrons = positively charged. Ionic bonds occur when an atom steals an electron for the other. As they are now electrically charged (the stealer is negative and the stolen from is positive), they are attracted to each other, strongly. This attraction is called an ionic bond, one of the strongest bonds between atoms out there.
Stakitt (Electric/Dark): Stakitts often rub their fur on different surfaces to steal electrons which they can use to prevent others from touching them. Stakitt's tail stores many of the electrons that Stakitt stole. They use their tail to deliver a shocking blow.
Procion (Electric/Dark): A Procion slings a conductive ball at their opponents and can retrieve the ball back through electric attraction. Procions can make more conductive balls from their tails, but they are analogous to how human kidney stones are made.
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