An electron is transferred from sodium to chlorine. Sodium becomes a positive ion and chlorine becomes a negative ion. The positive and negative ions attract each other and form the ionic compound ...

Outer electrons are transferred from the metal to the non-metal. Sodium will lose an electron and form a positive ion. Chlorine will gain an electron and form a negative ion. The ionic bond is the ...

The basis is two ions, a sodium cation and a chlorine anion. The crystal lattice parameter is 0.563 nm. The diagram shows both a unit cell with ion locations indicated (a) and a space filling model (b ...

Chlorine is more reactive than the iodine in potassium iodide solution: When a Group 7 element reacts, it gains one electron to form a negative ion with a stable electronic configuration – a ...