Question

Most favourable condition for ionic bonding are:

• A. Low charge on ions, large cations, small anions
• B. Low charge on ions, large cations, large anions
• C. High charge on ions, small cations, large anions
• D. High charge on ions, large cations, small anions

Answer 1

The correct option is A Low charge on ions, large cations, small anions

Due to charge anions and large size of cation effective nuclear charge will be less and due to strong force of attraction the smaller anions will not allow electron density to polarize towards cation.