NaCl---Common table salt, made of sodium and chlorine.
Sodium, Na, is the cation and donates one electron to chlorine and is written------ Na^+
Chlorine is the anion and accepts one electron from sodium into its valance shell and is written-----Cl^-
Both are neutral as a solid, but in solution both are charged ions and will conduct electricity.
An ionic bond compound is made up of a metal and a non-metal: That's how you can tell them apart.
Here are some exampes of compounds with ionic bonds:
NaBr - sodium bromide
KBr - potassium bromide
NaCl - sodium chloride
NaF - sodium fluoride
KI - potassium iodide
KCl - potassium chloride
CaCl2 - calcium chl
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