Question

What determines the strength of an ionic charge?

Answer 1

IONIC CHARGE

The amount of electrons an atom gains or loses when it forms an ion determines the strength of the ionic charge. An atom becomes positively charged when an electron is lost, and negatively charged when an electron is gained.

The ionic charge increases with the amount of electrons lost or acquired. An ion that has lost two electrons, for instance, will have a higher positive charge than one that has lost only one. Similar to this, an ion with three electrons obtained will have a higher negative charge than one with only one.

Answer 2

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.