Students will see that both ionic and covalent bonding start with the attractions of protons and electrons between different atoms. But in ionic bonding, electrons are transferred from one atom to the ...

The +2 calcium ion and the two -1 chloride ions attract each other and form an ionic bond and the compound calcium chloride. Lesson 4.4: Energy Levels, Electrons, and Covalent Bonding. Lesson 5.1: ...