CHAPTER 3 CHEMICAL BONDS. The world around us is composed almost entirely of compounds and mixture of compounds. Most of the pure elements also contain.
example: the formation of sodium chloride (NaCl) Na gives up its only valence e- to form a stable Na + cation 1s 2 2s 2 2p 6 3s 1 1s 2 2s 2 2p.
