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__Properties of Ionic Compounds.__ Ionic compounds Are hard, brittle, and crystals that have melting points. When dissolved in water or melted, they conduct electricity. In an ionic compound every ion is attracted to ions of opposite charge that surround it. It is attracted to ions, above, bellow, and to all sides. When you heat an ionic compound such as table salt its energy increases. When ions have enough energy to overcome the force between them, they break away from each other (Frank, Little, and Miller 22-27).

__Ions and Ionic Bonds__ When an atom losses an electron it losses a negative charge and becomes a positive ion. When an atom gains an electron. It gains a negative charge and becomes a negative ion.​ Atoms with five, six, or seven valence electrons usually become more stable when this number increases to eight. An ion is an atom, or group of atoms with an electric charge. Sodium/ a metal, and chlorine a nonmetal, react to form an ionic compound common salt, or sodium chloride. The sodium atom gives the single electron in its outer shell to the chlorine atom, completing the chlorine atoms own outer shell. In the crystalline solid of salt, the sodium and chlorides ions are arranged alternately in a lattice with ions held together by the electrostatic force of attraction (Newmark). __ Chemical Formula and Names __ When ionic compounds form, the ions come together in a way that balances out the charges on the ions. For the compound reflects this balance. For an ionic compound, the name of the positive ion comes first, followed by the name of the negative ion. The name if a ion is usually the name of a metal. In Ionic bonding one atom gives one or more electrons to another atom to form a chemical compound that consist of ions.When Hydrogen reacts with oxygen they share electrons to form a molecule of water(Clark).



[|Ionic bond animation] created by Michelle, Technology Coordinator, Buford High School, Buford, GA.

__Works Cited__

Frank, David, John Little, and Steve Miller. //Chemical Interactions//. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2009. 22-27. Print.

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