- #1
pearapple
- 12
- 0
Homework Statement
Each Na atom transfers 1/6 of an electron, on average, to each Cl atom. Estimate the binidng energy of the ionic bonds in NaCl.
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
The answer says to use k*q1*q2 / r, where k is the electric constant, q1 and q2 are the charges, and r is the separation between the charges.
So it gives k*(1/6)e*e / r.
I'm wondering what would happen if it were a different atom. In NaCl, Na has a charge of +1 and Cl has a charge of -1. If I wanted to calculate the binding energy of something with charges that weren't necessarily 1, how would this change?