Question regarding ionic bonds

[Mark 1D]

Howdy partners. Are ionic bonds always between non-metals and metals?

[Faith Fredlund 1H]

Yes, ionic bond are always between metals and non-metals. This is because metals have low ionization energies (which make them good conductors) and non-metals have high ionization energies. This makes it easy for metals to give their electrons to non-metals to form the chemical bond between them.

[Ethan Yi 1K]

Yes. Ionic bonds are formed when two atoms have electronegativities that are not close to each other, so that an atom pulls an electron off of another atom. This means two nonmetals do not form ionic bonds because their electronegativities are too close together, as they form covalent bonds instead.

[Selina Bellin 2B]

yes!

[Kelly Hollman]

Yup, and remember how iconic bonds are different from covalent bonds (which are between non-metals)

[Samantha Chang 2K]

Yes!

[Jackie Ngo 1C]

Yes, always! And that's because ionic bonds are formed between a cation and anion, and cations are usually within metals, and anions are usually within nonmetals.

[kateminden]

Yes, they are always between metals and non-metals!

[Arshia Ramesh 1G]

Yes ionic bonds are always between a metal and a non metal.

[Aleeque Marselian 1A]

Yes!! Ionic bonds are always between metals and nonmetals, while covalent bonds are between two nonmetals.