Ionic & Covalent Bonding
Element ANa · Sodium
Element BCl · Chlorine
Bond typeIonic
FormulaNaCl
- Choose a metal and a nonmetal to form an IONIC bond
- Choose two nonmetals to form a COVALENT bond
- Make common table salt — sodium chloride, NaCl
- Make water, H₂O, from hydrogen and oxygen
- Find the pair that forms a TRIPLE covalent bond (three shared pairs)