When a sodium atom and a chlorine atom interact to complete their valence shells

A. they form 1 polar covalent bond
B,. an electron is transferred from sodium to chlorine, turning the sodium atom into an anion and the chlorine atom into a cation and allowing the two atoms to form an ionic bond
C. an electron is transferred from sodium to chlorine, turning the sodium atom into a cation and the chlorine atom into an anion and allowing the two atoms to form an ionic bond
D. they form 2 polar covalent bonds


Answer: C. an electron is transferred from sodium to chlorine, turning the sodium atom into a cation and the chlorine atom into an anion and allowing the two atoms to form an ionic bond

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