Ionic Bonds: Electrons Transferred cour Perhaps the easiest type of bond to visualize is the ionic bond, in c, which one atom gives up one or more of its valence electrons to another atom to form ions-positively and negatively charged atoms. The atom that loses electrons becomes a positive ion, and the atom that gains electrons becomes a negative ion.oppositely u charged ions are strongly attracted to one another and join to form ionic compounds.Consider the ionic bonding that occurs between sodium(Na) and chlorine(Cl) to produce sodium chloride, the mineral halite-common table salt. Notice in Figure 28Athat sodium gives up its single valence electron to chlorine As a result, sodium now has a stable configuration with eight electrons in its outermost