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A schematic diagram of the electronic shell of sodium and fluorine atoms that undergo a redox reaction to form sodium fluoride. The sodium loses its external electron to give it a stable electronic configuration and this electron enters the esotermitically fluorine atom. The ions loaded in an opposite way - typically many of them - are then attracted to each other to form a solid.

A ion compound can be defined as a chemical compound formed by ions (monoatomic or polyatomic) having a total charge nothing. A Sale is an ionic compound consisting of anions and cations, electrically neutral and generally crystalline.

Some simple cations
+1 +2 +3 +4
Li'+ ♪2+ Al3+ S4+
Nana+ Mg2+ - Yes.3+ Mnh4+
KEY+ Ca2+ Y3+ U4+
R+ ♪2+ Ga3+ ♪4+
C+ Ba2+ In3+ ♪4+
♪+ Mnh2+ T3+
Agreed+ Fe2+ ♪3+
T+ Co.2+ Bi3+
Nina2+ V3+
♪2+ C3+
Zinc2+ Fe3+
C2+ Co.3+
H2+
S2+
PB2+

In an ion compound binary binary track there are generally a metal and a non-metal, where the metal usually gives one or more electrons to the non-metallic, charging positively. There are then ternary ionic compounds, which are the salts of the idiocydes, such as {\displaystyle {\mathrm {NaClO} }}.

The force that unites ions is electrostatic and is defined as an ionic bond unlike molecular compounds where the electrons are partially shared between atomic groups in a covalent bond.

Some simple ancestors
-3 -2 -1
N3- O2- F-
P3- S2- C-
If you'd like2- Br-
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An example is the common kitchen hall {\displaystyle {\mathrm {NaCl} }} where the sodium {\displaystyle {\mathrm {Na} {\vphantom {A}}^{+}}}}{\mathrm {Na} {\vphantom {A}}^{+}}}}{\mathrm {Na}} {\vphantom {A}}^{+}}{\mathrm {Na}}{\ is positive load and chlorine negatively {\displaystyle (\mathrm {Cl}{-}}}. Ionic compounds form, in the solid state, a crystalline lattice where the ions are arranged in a geometrically regular manner. In the case of sodium chloride each sodium atom is surrounded by 6 chlorine atoms, and we cannot therefore speak of a sodium chloride molecule, while the formula {\displaystyle {\mathrm {NaCl} }} is only a minimum formula that indicates the proportion between the various atoms. Similarly it is more correct, referring to salts, talking about weight formula instead of molecular weight. When an ion in a crystalline reticule of an ionic compound is surrounded by many equidistant atoms, the number of neighboring atoms is called coordination number.

Typical properties of ionic compounds are:

  • high melting temperature;
  • good electrical conductivity (only in liquid state).
  • Fragmentation[1]

In addition, all ionic compounds (such as salts and hydroxides) are strong electrolytes because, in a liquid solution, they are present completely dissociated (regardless of solubility), with the amount possibly exceeding to form a bottom body in a heterogeneous balance. Therefore, for these types of compounds the Van't Hoff coefficient coincides exactly with the number of ions obtained from dissociation.

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