An electron is transferred from sodium to chlorine. Sodium becomes a positive ion and chlorine becomes a negative ion. The positive and negative ions attract each other and form the ionic compound ...

4. Write the charge of each ion. Here are some other examples of dot and cross diagrams for the formation of ions in some ionic compounds – magnesium oxide and calcium chloride.

A new study provides fresh insight into traditional acid-base chemistry by revealing that the mutual neutralization of ...

Unsubstituted π-electronic systems with expanded π-planes are highly desirable for improving charge-carrier transport in ...

Scientists have detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Taurus Molecular Cloud. How the first benzene ring in ...

The pioneering nuclear chemist Glenn Seaborg discovered berkelium at Berkeley Lab in 1949. It was one of many achievements ...

Join two experts working on advances in polymer technology for use in the next generation of ion transport systems. First, Alexei Sokolov, ORNL/UT Governor’s Chair and Professor of Chemistry and ...

The interplay between the intimate coordination chemistry of each family of sites and the changing metabolic needs of the cell may well prove to be a key to unlocking the roles of metal ions in ...

Organometallic molecules, which consist of a metal ion surrounded by a carbon-based ... "This is the first time that evidence for the formation of a chemical bond between berkelium and carbon ...