Curie Notes 17: Ionic Bonding, Lattice Energy and Crystals
Sodium gives an electron to chlorine at a loss, and the pull of a whole crystal pays the bill. We weigh that pull, write the formulas, and see why salt shatters.
Learn why ions form, how Coulomb's law sets lattice energy, how to work a Born-Haber cycle, and how to write and name ionic formulas and explain salt crystals.
Marie Curie
November 8, 2026
38 min
