LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

BIOCHEMISTRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Salts are an ____ compound. They have a positive and negative atom that make them up.
A
Ionic
B
Covalent
C
Hydrogen
D
Basic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In chemistry, a salt is a chemical compound consisting of an ionic assembly of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, which results in a compound with no net electric charge. A common example is table salt, with positively charged sodium ions and negatively charged chloride ions.

Detailed explanation-2: -The bonds in salt compounds are called ionic because they both have an electrical charge-the chloride ion is negatively charged and the sodium ion is positively charged.

Detailed explanation-3: -The atoms in chemical compounds are held together by attractive electrostatic interactions known as chemical bonds. Ionic compounds contain positively and negatively charged ions in a ratio that results in an overall charge of zero. The ions are held together in a regular spatial arrangement by electrostatic forces.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the ions has a positive charge (called a cation) and the other has a negative charge (termed anion). Salt is an ionic compound, consisting of a crystal, lattice structure of the two ions Na+ and Cl-. Salt water is full of sodium chloride molecules.

Detailed explanation-5: -When sodium atoms interact with chlorine atoms, sodium chloride is formed. Sodium will donate an electron to chlorine. Due to the transfer of electrons, sodium will become positively charged while chlorine will become negatively charged.

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