Electrostatic attraction.
They are held together by an electrostatic force causing an ionic bond.
The positive sodium ions and negative chloride ions attract each other.
its basically the hydrogen bonding mainly responsible for this attraction.
Gravitational force exists between masses. Gravitational force is only of attractive. No repulsive gravitational force has been found so far. But in electrostatics and magnetism, the force between electric charges and magnetic poles respectively are of both repulsive and attractive. Nuclear force between the nucleons within the nucleus of the atom is also attractive in nature.
attractive and weaker
*the attractive force between opposite electrical charges
They are held together by an electrostatic force causing an ionic bond.
(+)--(-) positive and negative
This force is an electrostatic attraction.
The positive sodium ions and negative chloride ions attract each other.
Sodium fluoride is an ionic compound.
Sodium Chloride is a solid because it is an ionic compound and hence there is a very strong force of attraction between the ions. This strong force of attraction makes the ionic compounds hard and solid
an electrovalent force
I assume you have Chemistry, not my favorite class this year but anyways..The attractive force pulls many ions together into a tightly packed structure. The tight packing of the ions causes any salt, such as sodium chloride, to have a distinctive crystal structure. Crystal structure is your answer.Cool fact.The smallest crystal of table salt that you could see would still have more than a billion billion sodium and chloride ions!Good day
an electrovalent force
It is the electromagnetic force as it is expressed in what is called an ionic chemical bond that holds individual molecules of table salt (NaCl) together.
its basically the hydrogen bonding mainly responsible for this attraction.