In the activity, when na lost an e- it shrank and the cl+ grew in size. does that say anything about the location of the electro

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In the activity, when na lost an e- it shrank and the cl+ grew in size. does that say anything about the location of the electro

n before and after it was transferred?

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Vadim26 [7] · Answer 1 · 2023-03-21T10:05:34+03:00

Since the electron that is lost is on the valence shell of sodium, the size of sodium will shrink while the size of chlorine will increase.

<h3>Ionic bonding</h3>

Ionic bonding is said to occur when a metal looses an electron to a nonmetal. The resulting compound is actually an ion pair.

For the formation of sodium chloride, a sodium atom looses an electron which is present on its valence shell while chlorine accepts this electrons into its valence shell as a result, the size of sodium will shrink while the size of chlorine will increase.

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