Chemical Compound Naming: The Basics
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Ionic Compounds
Ionic compounds are compounds where a metal element transfers electrons to non-metal elements. An example of this would be NaCl, or sodium chloride. There are four types of ionic compounds:
binary
ionic with multivalent elements
ionic with polyatomic ions
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Ionic bonding