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(for ionic bonding) – an alternative conceptual framework for understanding the nature of ionic bonding and ionic structures
"a very common conceptual framework learners develop about ionic bonding…Students…commonly consider that an ionic bond is only formed where two atoms have engaged in electron transfer. So, in an NaCl lattice each ion is (according to this conceptual framework) chemically bonded to one other ion with which it shares a history of electron transfer, and is then attracted to other coordinating ions just by forces (not considered to count as chemical bonding)." (Taber, 2019)
Read about the molecular framework for ionic bonding
