What type of bonding is present in sodium chloride?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Ionic bonding
Sodium (a metal) transfers an electron to chlorine (a non-metal), forming oppositely charged ions held together.
Answer: Ionic bonding.
Why not the others: Covalent bonding: it forms between two non-metals. Metallic bonding: it needs a lattice of metal atoms only. Hydrogen bonding: it is an attraction between molecules.
Answer: Ionic bonding.
Why not the others: Covalent bonding: it forms between two non-metals. Metallic bonding: it needs a lattice of metal atoms only. Hydrogen bonding: it is an attraction between molecules.
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