Table salt, also NaCl (sodium chloride) is an ionic compound in which there is a transfer of an electron from the sodium atom to the chlorine atom. This electron transfer is characteristic of an ionic/electrovalent combination/bonding. While table sugar, also C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ (sucrose) is an organic compound; thus has covalent bond within it's carbon chain, carbon-hydrogen bond and carbon-oxygen bond. Covalent bonding involves the sharing of electrons between two atoms, these electrons that are shared are referred to as "shared pair".
