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Ionic Compounds Are Balanced. Table salt is an example of an ionic compound. Sodium and chlorine ions come together to form sodium chloride, or NaCl. The sodium atom in this compound loses an electron to become Na+, while the chlorine atom gains an electron to become Cl-.
The name of the compound is then aluminum oxide. When an ionic compound contains a transition metal, the names become a bit. more complicated. The metals in the d and f blocks can have more than one. charge and can thus form more than one compound. For example, iron and. chlorine form two different compounds, FeCl.