If every oxygen ion is combined with an aluminium ion has a charge of -2,the charge of each aluminum ion would be -3.
Uncharged Aluminum atom must need to lose it's electrons,in order to form the bond with oxygen which has vacant orbitals
ion
atom that has a positive or negative charge because it lost or gained one or more electrons
chemical bond
the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together
ionic bond
a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron and the other atom gains electrons to form ions
chemical formula
a combination of chemical symbols and numbers to represent a substance
covalent bond
bond formed by the sharing of electrons between atoms