ionic compound
Most of the rocks and minerals that make up the Earths crust are composed of positive and negative ions held together by ionic bonding. An ionic compound is an electrically neutral compound consisting of positive and negative ions. You are very familiar with some ionic compounds such as sodium chloride NaCl . A sodium chloride crystal consists of equal numbers of positive sodium ions Na + and negative chloride ions Cl .
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