Barium is an element, derived primarily from the mineral barite, and used as a heavy additive in oil-well-drilling mud, paints, rubber, plastic and paper; production of barium chemicals; and glass manufacturing.ercury is extracted from the mineral cinnabar and is used in electrical products, electrolytic production of chlorine and caustic soda, paint, and industrial and control instruments (thermometers and thermostats). Mica. Mica minerals commonly occur as flakes, scales, or shreds.
If the electronegativity difference is between 0 and 0.2, it is a nonpolar covalent bond. If the electronegativity difference is between 0.2 and 1.4, it is a polar covalent bond. If the electronegativity difference is greater than 1.4, it is an ionic bond. Calcium is 1.3, Chlorine is 3.0, for a difference of 1.7. Calcium Chloride is an ionic compound.
Sodium Chloride, NaCl. The classic case of ionic bonding, the sodium chloride molecule forms by the ionization of sodium and chlorine atoms and the attraction of the resulting ions.An atom of sodium has one 3s electron outside a closed shell, and it takes only 5.14 electron volts of energy to remove that electron.The chlorine lacks one electron to fill a shell, and releases 3.62 eV when it acquires that electron (it's electron affinity is 3.62 eV).he potential diagram above is for gaseous NaCl, and the environment is different in the normal solid state where sodium chloride (common table salt) forms cubical crystals. The ion separation is 0.28 nm, somewhat larger than that in the gaseous state.