Everything thing that you see, touch, and feel around you is made of atoms — the indivisible and indestructible building blocks of nature. Have you ever wondered what keeps these atoms together in the matter? The atoms in the matter are held together by an invisible force called a chemical bond. You can think of a chemical bond as an invisible, sticky 'glue' that keeps the atoms together.
\r\nThere are two most basic types of chemical bonds — ionic bonds and covalent bonds. The nature of a chemical bond really depends on the chemical properties of the atoms being bonded.
\r\nThrough this magicGraph, you will learn how an ionic bond is formed.
\r\n\n You're given isolated Sodium (Na) and Chlorine (Cl) atoms.\r\n Drag the Cl atom towards the Na atom. Once the two atoms reach a close enough proximity, a complete transfer of the valence shell electron from Na atom to Cl atom takes place. This leads to the formation of an ionic bond between Na and Cl, and the creation of NaCl molecule — also known as common salt.\n
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