What do electrons do in ionic bonding?

Answer 1

An ionic bond is a type of chemical bond Chemical bond

A chemical bond is an attraction between atoms or molecules and allows the formation of chemical compounds, which contain two or more atoms. A chemical bond is the attraction caused by the electromagnetic force between opposing charges, either between electrons and nuclei, or as the result of a...

that involves a metal Metal

A metal is a chemical element that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat and forms cations and ionic bonds with non-metals. In chemistry, a metal is an element, compound, or alloy characterized by high electrical conductivity. In a metal, atoms readily lose electrons to form positive ions...

and a nonmetal Nonmetal

Nonmetal, or non-metal, is a term used in chemistry when classifying the chemical elements. On the basis of their general physical and chemical properties, every element in the Periodic Table can be termed either a metal or a nonmetal...

ion Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons, giving it a net positive or negative electrical charge...

(or polyatomic ions such as ammonium Ammonium

The ammonium cation is a positively charged polyatomic cation with the chemical formula NH. It is formed by the protonation of ammonia...

) through electrostatic attraction. In short, it is a bond formed by the attraction between two oppositely charged ions.

The metal donates one or more electron Electron

The electron is a subatomic particle carrying a negative electric charge. It has no known components or substructure, and therefore is believed to be an elementary particle. An electron has a mass that is approximately 1/1836 that of the proton. The intrinsic angular momentum of the electron is a...

s, forming a positively charged ion or cation with a stable electron configuration Electron configuration

In atomic physics and quantum chemistry, electron configuration is the arrangement of electrons of an atom, a molecule, or other physical structure...

. These electrons then enter the non metal, causing it to form a negatively charged ion or anion which also has a stable electron configuration.

Answer 2

in ionic bonding you put metals and non-metals put together. Metals have very few valence electrons (less than 4) and non-metals have more than four so when the two try to bond the metal gives up it's valence electrons because it doesn't have a strong pull on it and gives it to the non metal to complete the octet and they bond together.

Answer 3

they share electrons. (:

Answer 4

what electron behavior for ionic bond