5. Ionic Compounds

Question 1

What are the three types of chemical bonds?

Answer 1

Ionic bonds.
Covalent bonds.
Metallic bonds.

Question 2

What are atoms that have gained or lost electrons called?

Answer 2

Ions

Question 3

Everything you need to know about Ionic Bonding:

Answer 3

~Ions have a complete outer shell of electrons.
~It involves a transfer of electrons from metal to non-metal atoms.
~The metal atoms lose electrons to become positively charged ions.
~The non-metal atoms gain elections to become negatively charged ions.

Question 4

Everything you need to know about Ionic Compounds:

Answer 4

~They are giant structures of ions.
~They have high melting and boiling points.
~They DO NOT conduct electricity when solids because the ions cannot move.
~They DO conduct electricity when molten because the charged ions are free to move.