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How do you use the periodic table to recall the ionic charge of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal or aluminum?
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Just look at the number of the family it is in, like alkali metals have a 1, alkaline earth metals have a 2, and aluminum has a 3. Then just put a plus sign in front of it and you have the charge of the ion.
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How do you use the periodic table to recall the ionic charge of an alkali metal and acolyte earth metal or aluminum?
Alkali metals possess +1 charge. Alkaline earth metals have +2 and aluminium has +3 charge.
How do you use the periodic table to recall the ionic charge of an alkali metal an alkaline earth metal or aluminum?
The ionic charge depends on the number of valence electrons. Alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and aluminium have 1, 2 and 3 valence electrons respectively and will hence form ions with +1, +2 and +3 charges respectively.
Is aluminium hydroxide an alkalies?
Aluminum hydroxide is a salt, no charge. In solution, it is alkaline.
If x stands for a metal how can you tell from the following formulas xcl and xcl2 which compound contains an alkali metal and which contains an alkaline earth metal?
You have to balance the valence between the metal and Cl. Cl wants one electron, so it has a charge of -1. It takes one alkali metal to balance that charge, since alkali metals only give up one electron. This means XCl is made of an alkali metal. Alkaline earth metals give up two electrons, and so it can give one of those two electrons to two Cl. Therefore, XCl2 contains an alkaline earth metal
What periodic family does potassium bond with?
potassium is an alkali metal with a charge of +1. It will bond with anything with a negative charge. With the elements, they want to form perfect bonds. That is, a neutral charge of 0. So the greater the negative charge, the more potassium atoms that can be bonded to it.
How do you use the periodic table to recall the ionic charge of an alkli metal an alkaline earth metal or aluminum?
The ionic charge of: alkali is +1 alkaline earth metals is +2 aluminium is +3
How do you use the periodic table to recall the ionic charge of an alkali metal and acolyte earth metal or aluminum?
Alkali metals possess +1 charge. Alkaline earth metals have +2 and aluminium has +3 charge.
How do you use the periodic table to recall the ionic charge of alkali metal an alkaline earth metal or aluminum?
The ionic charge depends on the number of valence electrons. Alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and aluminium have 1, 2 and 3 valence electrons respectively and will hence form ions with +1, +2 and +3 charges respectively.
How do you use the periodic table to recall the ionic charge of an alkali metal alkaline earth metal or aluminum?
The ionic charge depends on the number of valence electrons. Alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and aluminium have 1, 2 and 3 valence electrons respectively and will hence form ions with +1, +2 and +3 charges respectively.
How do you use the periodic table to recall the ionice charge of an alkali metal an alkaline earth metal or aluminum?
The ionic charge depends on the number of valence electrons. Alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and aluminium have 1, 2 and 3 valence electrons respectively and will hence form ions with +1, +2 and +3 charges respectively.
How do you use the periodic table to recall the ionic charge of an alkali metal an alkaline earth metal or aluminum?
The ionic charge depends on the number of valence electrons. Alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and aluminium have 1, 2 and 3 valence electrons respectively and will hence form ions with +1, +2 and +3 charges respectively.
What is the charge of all alkali metal ions?
Alkali metals are found in group 1 of the periodic table. They will form ions with a 1+ charge. If you meant alkaline earth, they are found in group 2, and will form ions with a 2+ charge.
Is the alkali metal more reactive than an alkaline-earth metal?
Yes, alkali metals are more reactive than alkaline-earth metals. All atoms want to have 8 electrons in their outer shells. Alkali metals have to give one electron away, where as alkaline-earth metals need to give two away which is less energetically favorable.
Is aluminium hydroxide an alkalies?
Aluminum hydroxide is a salt, no charge. In solution, it is alkaline.
What is the group in the periodic table for cations whose charge is 2?
Group 2, alkali earth metals.
Alkali and alkaline earth metals both form ions what is the name for the type of ion they will form?
anion because they have -ve charge
What are alkali elements?
more often called alkali matals, they're any element in the first(left) family(vertical) of the periodic table. they all have a charge of +1
