BRAINCAKEHeterolytic Fission
In heterolytic fission a covalent bond breaks and both bonding electrons go to the same atom.
The atom that takes both electrons becomes a negative ion, and the other atom becomes a positive ion. So heterolytic fission forms two oppositely charged ions.
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