The strength of the ionic bond is directly dependent upon the quantity of the charges and inversely dependent on the distance between the charged particles. A more accurate way to describe what is hap...The strength of the ionic bond is directly dependent upon the quantity of the charges and inversely dependent on the distance between the charged particles. A more accurate way to describe what is happening is that a single electron is transferred from the sodium atom to the chlorine atom, as shown below. It is conventional to show the cation without dots around the symbol to emphasize that the original energy level that contained the valence electron is now empty.
