Name: BRILLIAN NALA CHANDRA DIVELLA

NIM: 18930068/PHARMACY C

Basic Chemistry “Ion Bonding”

Ionic bonds are bonds that occur because of the transfer of electrons from one atom to
another (James E. Brady, 1990). Ionic bonds are formed between the atoms that release
electrons (metals) and atoms that accept electrons (not metals). Metal atoms, after releasing
electrons, turn into positive ions. The ions opposite the charge occur attraction (electrostatic
forces) called ionic bonds (electrovalent bonds). Compounds that have ionic bonds are called
ionic compounds. Ionic compounds are usually formed between metal atoms and non-metal
elements.

Example of the process of forming ionic bonds through the formation of NaCl.
Sodium (Na) has an electron configuration (2,8,1) will become stable if it releases 1 electron
so that the electron configuration changes to (2.8). While Chlorine (Cl), has a configuration
(2,8,7), it becomes stable if it receives 1 electron so the configuration becomes (2,8,8). So
both of them become stable if sodium accounts for one electron and chlorine gets one
electron from sodium. When transferring electrons, (Na will be positively charged (Na +) and
Cl will be negatively charged (Cl-). Then there is an electronegative force between Na + and
Cl- making an ionic bond.

Ion bonds have several characteristics, including:

1. a common ionic bond between metals and non-metals.

2. Naming the ionic bond, the name of the metal always comes first and the name of the non-
metal comes second. For example, sodium chloride (NaCl), sodium is a metal while chlorine
is a non-metal.

3. Ionic bonds dissolve easily in water and some other polar solvents.

4. the benefits to conduct electricity.