Chlorine was out at the fair looking for someone to give her

the electron she coveted. She knew she would cherish an

electron, and her valence would be full. She would be happy
and complete

Along came Sodium, and he had just that. He wanted Chlorine

to have his electron. If he could give away that single electron
, his valence would be full. He would be happy and complete

Ion (-)

When Sodium and Chlorine approached each other, something

amazing happened. Sodiums Electron jumped over to Chlorine, like it
knew just what she was thinking.
Sodium was now a positive ion.
Chlorine was a negative ion.

When Sodium gave

Chlorine his electron, and
they both became ions, a
new attraction developed
between the two.
Because of their opposite
charges, they were now
inseparable. You know
what they say, opposites
attract.

Everything seemed to be
going along smoothly, until
one day, water came along.
When water got involved,
Chlorine and Sodium were
no longer bound together as
a compound. They split into
separate ions.
To this day, if you run
electricity through the water,
you can still feel the spark
between the two.

Number of Atoms

Prefix

Mono

Di

Tri

Tetra

penta

Ionic

Ionic and
Molecular

Molecular

-Conduct electricity
-Distinct crystal
shape

Both contain nonmetals.

Do not conduct
electricity
-made of 2 nonmetals

-Solids at room
temperature

Both are pure

substances

-solid, liquid or gas at

room temperature

-High boiling point

-Contain and metal
and a non-metal

Both use the suffix,

ide

-insulators (poor
conductors of
electricity)

Form ions when

made into aqueous
solution

-Low melting and

boiling points.
-use prefixes