Question

The attractive force between oppositely charged ions that holds the ions together is called an ionic bond.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

• The oppositely charged ions attract each other.
• The attractive force between oppositely charged ions that holds the ions together is called an ionic bond or electrovalent bond.
• Example - Sodium is a positive ion joined with chloride that is a negative ion and forms sodium chloride.

$\underset{\mathrm{Ion}}{\underset{\mathrm{Sodium}}{{\mathrm{Na}}^{+}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}}+\underset{\mathrm{Ion}}{\underset{\mathrm{Chloride}}{{\mathrm{Cl}}^{-}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}}\to \underset{\mathrm{Chloride}}{\underset{\mathrm{Sodium}}{\mathrm{NaCl}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}}$

Therefore, the given statement is true.