hmm...different from?...or in what way different from?
i'll try to take a shot at your question here...
salts such as NaCl, BaCl2, and CrCl3 form ionic compounds and ionic bonds. ionic compounds consist mostly of a metal cation and a nonmetal anion. naming ionic compounds requires naming the metal first then followed by the nonmetal. the nonmetal's ending letters should also be changed to -ide when naming ionic compounds. NaCl=sodium chloride, BaCl2=barium chloride, CrCl3=chromium chloride. ionic salts are soluble in water which means their components will dissociate completely in aqueous solutions. ionic salts form crystalline solids which means that their intermolecular forces between atoms and molecules are evenly distributed which creates some ideal characteristics of solids such as durability and electric conductivity...
