Answer to Question #305591 in Inorganic Chemistry for max

Question

What is the strength of the ionic interactions between an ion with 2 positive charges and an ion with 1 negative charges, when the distance between them is 15.5 nanometers and the solvent is benzene, with a dielectric constant of 4.6?

Answer 1

Oppositely charged particles attract each other. This attractive force is often referred to as an electrostatic force. An ionic bond is the electrostatic electrostatic force that holds ions together in an ionic compound. 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 cation with a 2+ charge will make a stronger ionic bond than a cation with a 1+ charge. A larger ion makes a weaker ionic bond because of the greater distance between its electrons and the nucleus of the oppositely charged ion.