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Do non metals gain electrons when they combine to form compounds?
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What is shared when elements combine to form compounds?
Electrons are shared when elements combine to form molecules.
What tend to lose electrons in order to become stable?
In chemistry, metals are the elements that tend to lose electrons when they react to form compounds; Non-metals tend to gain electrons when they form compounds. When metals and non-metals react and exchange electrons with one another they form an ionic bond.
Do metals receive electrons while forming their compounds?
Metals are more likely to donate electrons to form ionic compounds. However, some transition metals such as mercury and tin can form covalent bonds in which the metal shares an electron with another atom
What happens when a metal atom 'meets' a nonmetal atom?
When metals and non-metals come in contact with one another -metal atoms lose electrons to form positively charged ionsnon-metal atoms gain electrons to form negatively charged ions
How can an elements property be predicted?
The Periodic Table (see link) gave great insight into the chemical properties of all the elements ... for it turns out that there is a pattern to it all. For predicting its chemical reactivity, generally you look at where it lies on the periodic table, which groups it with metals, semimetals, or nonmentals. Metals combine with nonmetals to form ionic compounds; nonmetals also combine with other nonmetals to form covalent compounds; and metals combine with other metals to form metal alloys (semimetals have intermediate properties). The element's location on the periodic table also defines its specific valence electron structure, and since atoms tend to react so that they have a full octet of valence electrons this will predict the specifics of its bonding behavior. For example, a metal that has only two valence electrons (like nickel) will tend to create a (+2) cation. A nonmetal that has four valence electrons (like carbon) will tend to form four (covalent) bonds.
What is shared when elements combine to form compounds?
Electrons are shared when elements combine to form molecules.
How do Metals form compounds?
by losing electrons
How do transition metals form compounds?
by losing electrons
What tend to lose electrons in order to become stable?
In chemistry, metals are the elements that tend to lose electrons when they react to form compounds; Non-metals tend to gain electrons when they form compounds. When metals and non-metals react and exchange electrons with one another they form an ionic bond.
Do metals form compounds?
they can form bounds with electrons in the outer most shells
What sort of atoms do metals combine with?
Metals combine with other metals to form alloy solutions, they can form solutions with other compounds by being dissolved in them, in most cases. As well, they form ionic bonds with nonmetals.
What do non metals and metals tend to do?
Metals and nonmetals tend to form ionic compounds by forming ionic bonds when they combine.
How does atoms combine to form ionic compounds?
They share their electrons to become stable.
Do metals receive electrons while forming their compounds?
Metals are more likely to donate electrons to form ionic compounds. However, some transition metals such as mercury and tin can form covalent bonds in which the metal shares an electron with another atom
Do you expect ionic compounds to form between two non metals?
No, ionic compounds typically form between a metal and a nonmetal. When two nonmetals combine, they are more likely to form covalent compounds, where electrons are shared between atoms rather than transferred.
What happens to most atoms when they combine with other atoms to form compounds?
they share electrons
How do you find out that a given molecule is ionic or covalent or both?
Generally, metals and nonmetals combine to form ionic compounds, and nonmetals combine to form molecules.
