Lithium chloride (#LiCl#) is what type of bond?

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Truong-Son N.
Sep 7, 2016

If you look on the periodic table, #"Li"# is on the first column, which means it is an alkali metal. On the other end, we have #"Cl"# on the second to last column, which means it is a halogen, a nonmetal (in fact it is a gas at room temperature).

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A bond between a metal and nonmetal is said to be primarily ionic in nature, or it is said that it has high "ionic character". Therefore, a #"LiCl"# bond is an ionic bond.

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