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Q. Electrovalent compounds are made up of

JIPMERJIPMER 2010Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

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Initially, atoms are electrically neutral. Therefore, they possess equal no. of protons and electrons. On losing or gaining electrons, an atom becomes positively or negatively charged respectively. The oppositely charged particles attract each other and thus, ionic compound is formed.