Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Ions and ionic bonds

Ions and ionic bonds — practice question

Which statement about the bonding in sodium chloride is correct?

  • AThe sodium and chlorine atoms share pairs of electrons.
  • BThe chlorine atoms give electrons to the sodium atoms to form positive and negative ions.
  • CThere is covalent bonding between sodium and chlorine.
  • DThe positive and negative ions have noble gas electronic configurations.

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