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I learned some time ago that in table salt, the valence electron spends only about 2/3 of its life in chlorine, and goes home on the weekends. This still feels weird to me, because every representation of an ionic compound shows the ions as completely separate.
So what does the covalent bonding actually look like? Does a sodium share its electron with one specific chloride, or with every chloride in its vicinity? Chlorides and sodiums? And what if it's something complex, like ammonium nitrate?
(Edited, because I misremembered.)
So what does the covalent bonding actually look like? Does a sodium share its electron with one specific chloride, or with every chloride in its vicinity? Chlorides and sodiums? And what if it's something complex, like ammonium nitrate?
(Edited, because I misremembered.)
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