Aneutral atom has high electronegativity.
describe what happens to this atom during ionic bond formation?

The answer is: a neutral atom will gain electron(s) and form anion (ion with negative charge).

Electronegativity (χ) is a property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons.

Atoms with higher electronegativity attracts more electrons towards it, electrons are closer to that atom.

For example, fluorine (F) has electronegativity approximately χ = 4 and sodium (Na) has χ = 3,5, fluorine attracts electron and he has negative charge and sodim has positive charge in table salt (NaCl).

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explanation: it gains negative electrons, therefore becoming negatively charged. as charge cannot be created, nor destroyed, only transferred, this leaves the wool positive. now that they have opposite charges, the two items attract.