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What keeps an ionic bond held together?

What keeps an ionic bond held together?
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What keeps an ionic bond held together?

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In Ionic bonds one atom is positively charged and the other atom is negatively charged, therefore, it is the opposite charge of the ions that attracts them to one another and holds them together.
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