Chemical Bonding

Ionic bonding:

• Found in metals and non metals 
• the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions
• One electron is transported to another, forming ions
• The charge can be predicted by looking at it's group on the periodice table
• Groups 1 and 2 (metals) lose electons to become 1+ or 2+
• Groups 5-7 (non metals) gain electrons to form 3- 2- or 1-
• Only the outmost electons are shown on the dot and cross diagrams 
• Solid ionic compounds have a structure of giant lattice, where each ion is held in place by the electrostatic force of another oppositely charded ion.

Covalent bonding:

• Usually non metal- non…