Combined Science GCSE
Representing ions with dots, crosses and charges
What Representing ions with dots, crosses and charges means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Each ion is drawn with a complete outer shell and its charge shown, commonly in square brackets, labelled with the compound name or formula and the ion charges.
Topics that use Representing ions with dots, crosses and charges
- Ionic bonding (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Charge and notation
- Charges
- Electron loss and gain to achieve full outer shells
- Electron transfer
- Electron transfer and ion formation
- Electron transfer between metal and non-metal atoms
- Full outer shells and noble gas electron configurations
- Group number and ion charge
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