What is electrostatic attraction?

Yes! Even though it repels some people, I love electrostatic force! Basically, one of the four fundamental forces that is present in the protons repelling and electrons and protons attraction. You've heard of "like forces repel, opposites attract"?

This is the electrostatic force of attraction between positively charged ions and delocalised outer electrons. Atoms in a covalent bond are held together by electrostatic forces of attraction between positively charged nuclei and negatively charged shared electrons.