Electrostatic attraction
What Electrostatic attraction means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The strength of the bond comes from the attraction between oppositely charged ions, which attract each other electrostatically.
The strong force between oppositely charged ions, which is what ionic bonding is.
Topics that use Electrostatic attraction
- Chemical bonds (AQA GCSE)
- Ionic compounds (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Alloys
- Charge balance
- Chemical bonding
- Conduction by free-moving ions
- Covalent bonding
- Delocalised electrons
- Electron sharing
- Electron transfer
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