Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: This transfer of electrons is called ionic or electrovalent bonding and occurs as a result of the attraction between unlike ions (like the positive sodium ion and the negative chlorine ion). Ionic bonding typically occurs between a metal and non-metal, Some elements would have to gain or lose 4 electrons to have a stable outer electron shell, This obviously would take alot of energy and so these elements do not normally use ionic bonding. In the case of carbon, it wants to lose or gain 4 electrons, so what it normally does is share it's 4 electrons with other elements. Hydrogen with it's single electron would like to gain an electron. In this case 1 carbon atom could share it's 4 electrons with 4 hydrogen atoms. Each of the 5 atoms would therefore have full outer electron shells even thoug ...
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