What is a redox reaction?
Where reduction and oxidation both occur
What is a cation?
Ions lose electrons and become positively charged
What is an anion?
Ions gains electrons and becomes negatively charged
What is ionic bonding?
The electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions
What are the ionic properties?
High MP/BP
- Giant ionic lattice made up of lots of ionic bonds
- Ionic bonds are very strong so lots of energy is needed to break bonds
Conducts electricity as liquid
- Ions move freely = high conductivity